as in donator
one that helps another with gifts or money
a list of donors in the charitable foundation's annual report
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Recent Examples of donor
Large community donors recently propped up a $1 million Central Indiana Food Relief Fund to assist three organizations that serve local pantries.
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Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 10 Nov. 2025
Should a donor unintentionally tip, the company will refund it.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
Athletic departments, donors, and media have placed several top names into daily rumor cycles, including Ole Miss' Lane Kiffin, Oregon's Dan Lanning, Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman, and notably, USC's Lincoln Riley.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
The shelter recently lost a donor, forcing it to halt a program that distributed pet food to around 200 families each month.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
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Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 10 Nov. 2025
Should a donor unintentionally tip, the company will refund it.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
Athletic departments, donors, and media have placed several top names into daily rumor cycles, including Ole Miss' Lane Kiffin, Oregon's Dan Lanning, Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman, and notably, USC's Lincoln Riley.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
The shelter recently lost a donor, forcing it to halt a program that distributed pet food to around 200 families each month.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for donor
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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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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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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
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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
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Shopee, the biggest contributor to Sea’s business, has now achieved five consecutive quarters of sequential gross merchandise value (GMV) growth.—
Angelica Ang,
Fortune,
12 Nov. 2025
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Every week during the school year, U-T contributor Bill Center highlights one San Diego college team that’s making strides on and off the field.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Nov. 2025
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All the bathrooms for patrons are outside the building, in temporary trailers.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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For Starbucks patrons at an upscale mall in Beijing’s central business district – the same complex where the company first opened its doors in China in 1999 – the news doesn’t come as a complete surprise.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Donor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/donor. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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