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one that helps another with gifts or money
when it came time for the girl to go to college, Aunt Edna once again proved to be a reliable fairy godmother
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Recent Examples of fairy godmothers
And with that, the modern Cinderella story continues—proving that sometimes, magic is less about fairy godmothers and more about persistence, pivots, and the courage to start building your own AI Agent.
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Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fairy godmothers
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Shaw’s biggest donors have been conservative developer Don Oliphant, Assemblymember Carl DeMaio, Riverside County sheriff and Republican gubernatorial candidate Chad Bianco, and business processing company Global Processing Systems.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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What happened The Justice Department on Tuesday charged the Southern Poverty Law Center with financial crimes, accusing the civil rights organization of secretly paying informants in the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist groups without telling its donors.—
Peter Weber,
TheWeek,
22 Apr. 2026
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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
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“Fairy godmothers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fairy%20godmothers. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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