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verb

past tense of donate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of donated
Adjective
No donated food is used for this venture. Mimi Whitefield, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025 The men’s golf club also joined in, spreading the word and encouraging contributions for a chance to win the donated driver. News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025 The organization is staffed by volunteers who repair donated cars so they can be safely gifted to those in need. Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025 The donated toys, treats and supplies help give these animals time outside and socialization. Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025 These visitor visas are the pathway for Palestinians to come to the United States temporarily for medical treatment, including three children who arrived in the Bay Area earlier this month for donated treatment for injuries suffered in the Israel-Hamas war. Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
Inside the store, shelves to the right of the entrance are stacked with nonperishable foods, hygiene products, pet food and donated blankets and sweaters, Smith said. Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 12 Nov. 2025 President Bill Clinton pardoned Mark Rich, a former hedge-fund manager whose ex-wife had donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Democratic National Committee, the Clinton Presidential Library and Hillary Clinton's New York Senate campaign. NPR, 11 Nov. 2025 Stewart asked the crowd after attendees donated large sums of money in a fundraising segment earlier in the night. Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025 Many previous winners also donated their prize funds to philanthropic causes. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025 The money from beers not claimed will have be donated to a local veterans’ charity. Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 11 Nov. 2025 This came one year after TikTok donated $1 million to support BGV’s programming and growth in 2024. Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 11 Nov. 2025 Some have been dropped off by artists who stop by the Athenaeum or donated. Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025 In the New York City mayoral campaign, Wynn donated $500,000 to Cuomo’s Fix the City in October. Rebecca Schneid, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for donated
Adjective
  • Does a user keep expressing linguistic markers throughout a given conversation?
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Bing, for its part, went off the rails early on, prompting Microsoft to scale back both its personality and the number of questions users could ask it in a given conversation.
    Will Oremus, Washington Post, 5 June 2023
Verb
  • Her father, Michael Riebe, who has worked in law enforcement, said Heather once volunteered to care for two young boys of a sheriff department detective who had lost her husband.
    Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 8 Nov. 2025
  • To these women, who volunteered, they were not drafted.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Pakko acknowledged the challenges row-crop farmers are facing and how that contributed to his predictions for the overall Arkansas economy.
    Sydney Sasser, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Fox News' Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • In addition to the music, train rides will be offered around the park for a nominal fee courtesy of the Poway-Midland Railroad.
    Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Kim Yong Nam was not related to Kim Jong Un, but his loyalty to the ruling family enabled him to serve as president of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly—the country's nominal head of state—from 1998 until April 2019.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • His spin move for a layup gave the Jayhawks a 17-6 advantage.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 12 Nov. 2025
  • That foul before the inbounds gave Powell one free throw and the Heat possession, but Powell missed that one free throw.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • An active member of the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapter and well-known for cooking and selling food to raise funds for her church, the boycott presented Gilmore with the opportunity to amplify her talents.
    Time, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
  • And one by one, in nearly every case where men were accused of crimes, what little evidence was presented fell apart in court.
    Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • In 2016, as the Commonwealth moved to censure the Maldives, New Delhi provided diplomatic cover by making the case for engagement over sanctions and supporting the Maldives’ preemptive withdrawal from the organization.
    MUHIB RAHMAN, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Although timber remains the primary long-term commercial value, growing improved varieties for both nuts and timber is considered potentially highly profitable, provided there is a long-term perspective and proper tree management.
    Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 11 Nov. 2025

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