Thesaurus results for CONTRIBUTION

contribution

noun

ˌkän-trə-ˈbyü-shən

Definition of contribution

as in donation

a gift of money or its equivalent to a charity, humanitarian cause, or public institution contributions for the victims of the earthquake began pouring in

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Recent Examples of contribution The proposal clarifies that the city's contribution covers the actual costs of maintaining, operating, and managing the stadium. — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 Invest In The Human Skills That Drive Value AI is shifting the value of work from execution to impact, making hours an increasingly poor assessment of contribution. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026 The album features additional contributions from Clark, George Riley, and Sassy 009, among others. — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2026 That urgent question is the book’s ultimate contribution to the fraught death-penalty debate. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for contribution

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donation

Noun

Combined with its co-founders' pledge to donate 80% of their equity and an employee donation matching program, roughly 20% of Anthropic's shares will be dedicated to public purposes, excluding any additional shares added later.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
If a governor does not opt in, that state's taxpayers can still make donations to SGOs and receive the tax credit, but families in that state won't qualify for scholarships or vouchers to pay for educational expenses.

— Cory Turner, NPR, 20 Oct. 2026