contributor

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Recent Examples of contributor Along with being remembered by his friends and colleagues, Tagliabue was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a contributor in 2020. Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025 Even though this mattress was contributor Blake Bakkila’s first experience with the latex category, she has been thoroughly impressed by this comfortable six-layer bed, made with organic cotton, organic wool, and organic and natural latex. Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2025 Each child who learns becomes a future professional, entrepreneur, and contributor to national prosperity. Obiageli Ezekwesili, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2025 This recipe from a contributor's grandmother calls for the addition of shredded chicken for an even more traditional flavor. Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for contributor
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Noun
  • One of its earliest directors spent outrageous sums on art, believing the expenditures would help burnish the orphanage’s name and lure generous donors (who remained scarce).
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
  • So far the fund has raised a little over $5 billion, of an initial goal of $25 billion, from government donors, which Batmanian said can be leveraged for an additional $100 billion from private sources.
    Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 11 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • And freed from the client-benefactor relationship that aid engenders, African nations are insisting upon local processing and refining to retain more of the downstream benefits.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Over Hanai’s objections, the House of Tanba-ya’s corporate benefactor (Kyusaku Shimada) books them into a large theater, and soon their onnagata-duo novelty has given them a kind of boy-band heartthrob popularity.
    Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Suarez is permitted to accept such gifts as long as they are disclosed, as this gift was, and the giver is not a city lobbyist.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Lopedote, who lived in Havelock, is remembered as a loving caretaker, generous cook and homemade gift-giver in an online obituary.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
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
  • That’s the throughline that will let Kalema continue his journey, not the fairy godmother.
    Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Burnett, functioning as a sort of fairy godmother from comedy history, runs into her there and offers a pep talk.
    Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 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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