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Recent Examples of contributor
Inflation also has been a major contributor to the disparity in growth rates.
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 6 May 2026
After playing in just four games as a seventh-round rookie in 2024, Harden played on more than half of the team’s defensive snaps in 2025 and was also a special teams contributor.
—Zac Jackson, New York Times, 5 May 2026
Burning coal, oil and gas is the largest contributor to global climate change by far.
—Jennifer McDermott, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
Hunger is a natural function, and likely a huge contributor to food noise.
—Alora Bopray, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 6 May 2026
After playing in just four games as a seventh-round rookie in 2024, Harden played on more than half of the team’s defensive snaps in 2025 and was also a special teams contributor.
—Zac Jackson, New York Times, 5 May 2026
Burning coal, oil and gas is the largest contributor to global climate change by far.
—Jennifer McDermott, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
Hunger is a natural function, and likely a huge contributor to food noise.
—Alora Bopray, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contributor
Noun
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The committee has raised more than $35,000 from about 50 individual donors.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Last week, a court order forced the release of a contract that hid the identities of donors to Trumps ballroom project.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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These include decisions by a hostile California judiciary which, especially in the last two decades, have sided with the government and its special interest benefactors by creating loopholes that significantly weakened taxpayer protections that had stood for over 40 years.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
26 Apr. 2026
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The filmmakers reserved their incisive commentary not for Wintour or her staff, but for their notable friends and benefactors The Bezoses.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The gift giver is married; her husband and my fiancé are friends as well.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
9 May 2026
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The gift giver is married; her husband and my fiancé are friends.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
9 May 2026
Noun
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Couldn’t the altruists have left well enough alone?—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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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
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The look came complete with a pumpkin-carriage purse, LED lights that accentuated the blue gown, and special effects smoke billowing from the magic wand of her stylist, Law Roach—a fashion fairy godmother in the flesh.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
1 May 2026
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Storybook performances are the heartbeat of March Madness, but unlike the actual Cinderella, college basketball teams with aspirations to make a splash in the Big Dance don’t have fairy godmothers to cover the costs of running a basketball program.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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That’s the gold standard of cancer designations that allows patients and donators alike to understand Sylvester’s standards.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2026
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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
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“Contributor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contributor. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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