Thesaurus results for FUND-RAISER

fund-raiser

noun

Definition of fund-raiser

as in benefit

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Recent Examples of fund-raiser The 19-year-old whose body was found after a nearly six-hour search over two days has been identified by his family, according to a GoFundMe fundraiser. — Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 22 June 2026 The event also served as a fundraiser for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 19 June 2026 As of Thursday, an online fundraiser for the family has raised more than $35,700. — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 18 June 2026 Thys, who died in 1976, was an important fund-raiser for Reagan, according to a previous Bee reporting. — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for fund-raiser

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Noun

According to the firm, the upgrade will allow existing engines to reach up to 90-95 percent of the durability benefits offered by the GTF Advantage.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
But a recent uptick in both national and Chicago area police abusing Flock cameras has heightened residents’ concerns about their privacy, security and whether the technology’s public safety benefits ultimately outweigh its risks.

— Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of benefit

Noun

Related The black-tie fête is held annually in memory of Denise’s daughter, Gabrielle Rich Aouad, who died at the age of 27 from acute myelogenous leukemia (AML).

— Paul Grein, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2026
Ahead of the official start of the US Open, a flurry of fetes took place across New York City.

— Paul Chi, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of fete

Noun

Mars’ Romantic Tour opening act Anderson Paak, aka DJ Peewee, was also on site at the phone-less shindig.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
At the opening of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts on September 19, the Paramount legal tussle was the talk of the shindig.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of shindig

Noun

Behind the reception desk, a wall of 109 wooden pigeonholes doubles as an art installation, with some compartments displaying replicas of the property's original room keys and others filled with nautical relics reflecting Naples's coastal allure.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026
With Puca Nacua out again with a hip injury, Davante Adams had seven receptions for 137 yards, giving him 15 catches for 332 yards over his last two games, the best such stretch of his career.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of reception

Noun

Meta also says the platform will support more than 100 immersive live sports events each year through partners including ESPN and TNT Sports.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026
The Hugging Face hack may have prompted an internal review, during which OpenAI also discovered the Australian website breach, although the company did not explicitly link the two events in its statement.

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of event

Noun

Holmes has been busy lately, from attending the Metropolitan Opera opening night gala on Tuesday to sitting front row at the Tod’s spring 2027 show at Milan Fashion Week on Friday.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
This can enable a nonprofit to diversify funding beyond annual galas or grant cycles.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of gala

Noun

Each team's lone victory this season came in blowout fashion over West Georgia of the lower-tier Football Championship Subdivision.

— Michael Harley, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
YouTube and TikTok connected me to tutorial videos, teaching me how to achieve a blowout and a silk-ish press that lasted one day.

— Rachel Cook Northway, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of blowout

Noun

The songs were a dangerous dance with gender, sexuality, and race.

— Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
Dancing With the Stars contestants, England notes, are more and more commonly coming to the competition with actual dance backgrounds and could thus be of interest; people from the Bollywood or K-pop worlds are also intriguing.

— Rebecca Milzoff, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of dance

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