contributor

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Recent Examples of contributor Minnesota is the number one contributor to arts per resident. Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026 Abby Morgan Lebet is a contributor with over three and a half years of experience in media. Abby Morgan Lebet, InStyle, 22 Jan. 2026 Zak Podmore is a contributor to Writers on the Range, an independent nonprofit dedicated to spurring conversation about the West. Zak Podmore, Denver Post, 21 Jan. 2026 Allie Weiss, contributor, calls it the cream-of-the-crop bedding. Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for contributor
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Noun
  • In addition to where in the stadium tickets can purchased, Razorback Foundation donor levels and priority points also dictate how parking passes around the stadium are distributed and how many tickets are available for purchase in certain sections.
    Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Her father, Nelson Peltz, is an American billionaire and Republican donor.
    Anna Russell, New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In Chicago, Maisie catches a glimpse of the carousel and begs her benefactor to purchase it.
    Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
  • As a reward, his Spanish benefactors, Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, said Columbus would be entitled to ten percent of all the revenues from the new lands in perpetuity and the option to buy a one-eighth interest in any commercial venture and receive one-eighth of the profits.
    John Mariani, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • But when your wife is a really good gift-giver, finding something equally as thoughtful can feel daunting.
    Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The giver might quietly start expecting gratitude, loyalty or deference in return, whether consciously or not.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Couldn’t the altruists have left well enough alone?
    Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • There are philanthropists of various kinds throughout the works of Dickens, but in Bleak House, there is a prototypical effective altruist in Mrs. Jellyby.
    Ben Brooks July 17, Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
Noun
  • As in real life, there is no fairy godmother to save the day, nor a magical coach to take Sophie home before turning back into a pumpkin.
    Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Alas, people have stopped believing in fairy godmothers, forcing the Motherland to transfer its workers into the Tooth Fairy realm.
    Sezín Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • While Paytas’ Big Broadway Dream quickly sold out the St. James Theatre, donations of $5 to $25 to the Fund enters donators will be entered for a chance to win a front row pair of tickets.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The new group is actively looking for volunteers, members and donators, SAMENA Collective Membership Chairman Wali Qazizada said.
    Annika Bahnsen, Orange County Register, 19 July 2024

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“Contributor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contributor. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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