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Recent Examples of contributor The most consequential contributor to the latest improving numbers was a 370% increase, to $4.4 billion, in 190 investments in the quarter, according to DDM While mergers & acquisitions dropped more than a third, 55 such deals still generated $3.3 billion. David Bloom, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025 All opinions expressed by the CNBC Pro contributors are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of CNBC, NBC UNIVERSAL, their parent company or affiliates, and may have been previously disseminated by them on television, radio, internet or another medium. Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 9 May 2025 This group is arguably the most stable on the roster, with Downs and Pierce emerging as key contributors in recent years. James Boyd, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025 Windows exploits increased from 16 to 22, by far the single largest contributor to the total. ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for contributor
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Noun
  • In response, McLean and the City Council made the Pride flag and an organ donor flag official flags of the city, which are allowed under the law.
    Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 16 May 2025
  • Yet, too often, nonprofits are forced to operate in a state of financial precarity, relying on a single source of funding or scrambling to adjust to shifting donor priorities.
    Firaaz Azeez, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Working with a biography that needed much filling in, Kehlmann decided, in each instance, to make his Pabst a man who never actively chooses to embrace his Nazi benefactors.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 6 May 2025
  • In exchange, Adams — who has denied wrongdoing — secured his benefactors political favors, like building permits, the indictment says.
    Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Researchers suggest that in the short-term, making sacrifices for the other person can improve relationships, and this improvement can encourage the giver to sacrifice even more.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
  • Even for the savviest gift giver, finding a Mother’s Day gift can be a challenge.
    Rachel Trujillo, People.com, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • Extraordinary altruists care deeply about the welfare of others — including those who have no connection to them.
    Stephanie O'Neill, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
  • But to buy the property at current market rates without jacking up rents, even an altruist would have to come up with some unlikely financial wizardry.
    Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Rosemary bonded with Kennedy’s larger-than-life second wife, Eleanora, who was almost a decade younger than Rosemary, but acted as her fairy godmother, sprinkling money and sisterly advice.
    Susannah Cahalan, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Founder and executive producer Andrés Rigal, part master of ceremonies and part fairy godmother, prowls the line, handpicking the most striking attendees and sending them past the bouncer with a nod and a smile.
    Jessie Schiewe, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 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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