donors

noun

plural of donor
as in donators
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 donors China also pays plasma donors, but caps donations at every fortnight, up to 24 times a year – far fewer times than the US, where donors can roll up their sleeves up to twice a week, 104 times a year. — Cnn Staff, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026 The Franklin and Hamilton statues are from anonymous donors, according to the White House. — ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026 That financial interest has fatigued donors, according to consultants who advise schools on issues of NIL. — James Pollard, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026 Trump has said that the ballroom would be funded by private donations, with corporations like Comcast and Amazon among the donors covering the costs. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026 Harvard will pay $53 million, establishing two settlement funds for families of anatomical donors whose remains were stolen and sold by former morgue manager Cedric Lodge in a black-market scheme. — Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026 Many individual donors helped pay for the paining, according to the museum. — Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 21 Aug. 2026 Faith capital carries its own politics — donors impose conditions, institutions make choices about who deserves help, scholars disagree about what qualifies, and some interpretations are exclusionary toward women. — Alaa Murabit, STAT, 20 Aug. 2026 Kimmel has raised about $86,000, about half of which came from herself and family members, while Morst has raised $36,305, mostly from outside donors. — Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for donors
  1. donators
  2. benefactors
  3. patrons
Noun
  • That’s the gold standard of cancer designations that allows patients and donators alike to understand Sylvester’s standards.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
Definition of donators
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  • After Gretchen Whitmer, the state’s popular Democratic governor, endorsed Stevens last week, El-Sayed explained the choice as the inevitable product of the two women’s benefactors.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
  • Working with patrons Anadol counters that anyone can have free access to the models his studio develops, and that there's nothing new about contemporary artists' relationships with rich and powerful benefactors.
    — Chloe Veltman, NPR, 29 July 2026
Definition of benefactors
Noun
  • Kulusich says she's witnessed other Disneyland patrons touch character actors or ask them inappropriate questions.
    — Owen Carry, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The Buñuelian skeptic in me also shirks at Fried’s approving references to Diderot’s petite église invisible, the small hidden church whose members—painters, critics, curators, patrons—are the vision-gifted serious pursuers of art history.
    — Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of patrons

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“Donors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/donors. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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