donated 1 of 2

past tense of donate

donated

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adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of donated
Verb
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
Adjective
After he was found unresponsive in his Georgia home on December 9, Smith and Thomas' father Bobby donated their son's brain to research. Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025 All royalties will be donated to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025 The Kinder Foundation has donated more than $890 million since its inception. Sydney Lake, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025 Jeannette's family donated the side saddle to the museum in 1983. Jennifer Brett, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Oct. 2025 Patagonia has long donated one percent of its profits to fight climate change and support other environmental causes. Maya Silver, Outside, 20 Oct. 2025 Blue Cross bought a room in the new facility and donated $50,000; The Children’s Trust donated $20,000; and earlier this year, The Heartbeats for Patches, a volunteer woman’s group, gave the center a check for $176,000. Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025 In 2021, Pull Up For Change donated $370,000 worth of grants to eight Black individuals interested in founding their own businesses, according to the Pull Up For Change website. Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025 In 2020, Mullins and Chandler donated hundreds of pictures from their time in the rodeo to the Faulkner Morgan Archive in Lexington, which houses exclusively Kentucky LGBTQ+ materials dating back to the 1800s. Sarah Henry, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for donated
Verb
  • Similar to what happens in the movie, Japan’s Deputy Minister Shinjiro Yamamura volunteered to take the place of the remaining hostages, and the hijackers agreed.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Cain has also volunteered with various community organizations, such as Avenue of Life, Hope Faith Ministries and Kansas City Young Matrons, according to her profile.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025
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
  • Jody García contributed reporting from Guatemala City.
    New York Times, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Fox News' Nick Rojas contributed to this report.
    Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This week, the judges gave Andy his first 7s.
    Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The first and last sentences gave me momentary pause.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Maresca’s midfield featured Moises Caicedo, nominal full-back Malo Gusto, and Enzo Fernandez operating higher than usual in Palmer’s absence.
    Cerys Jones, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Drake sought nominal, compensatory, and punitive damages, plus legal fees.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Thompson’s technique and pace lived up to the hype when the club-record signing was presented to fans on the WSL opening day last month.
    Cerys Jones, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • These ideas are laid out early in the first act, when an encounter between a policeman, Olim, and a fruit-stand thief, Severin, is presented to the audience.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Sikorski has been a vocal advocate for Ukraine, and Poland has provided dozens of military aid packages for Kyiv.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Criteria varies by state, but it is provided to households that meet or come below the poverty line.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 21 Oct. 2025

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