as in donor
someone who gives something to another person
The big giver to the charity wanted to remain anonymous. a gift giver
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Recent Examples of giver
Bezos is one of America’s top givers by dollar amount, per Forbes’ calculations, having given away more than $4 billion during his lifetime to climate, housing and education causes, as well as the Smithsonian and the Obama Foundation.
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Phoebe Liu, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Besides the legal issues of accepting this gift, the giver of the gift is problematic.
—Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2025
Both sides quickly thereafter resumed negotiations and struck a compromise, prompted in part by the potential damage to care givers.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2025
As a result, Ward argues, early advice givers were more interested in perpetuating heterosexual unions—that is, framing men and women’s mutual illegibility as natural—than in trying to improve gender relations.
—Sophia Stewart, The Atlantic, 7 May 2025
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Phoebe Liu, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Besides the legal issues of accepting this gift, the giver of the gift is problematic.
—Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2025
Both sides quickly thereafter resumed negotiations and struck a compromise, prompted in part by the potential damage to care givers.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2025
As a result, Ward argues, early advice givers were more interested in perpetuating heterosexual unions—that is, framing men and women’s mutual illegibility as natural—than in trying to improve gender relations.
—Sophia Stewart, The Atlantic, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for giver
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Among the audit’s other findings: Foundations were failing to report in-kind donations, were not tracking which assets have donor restrictions and were not recording investment activities in general ledgers.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Aug. 2025
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The generosity of donors who kept showing up, even when headlines told them to give up.—
Sarah Evans,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Andrea Ruth is a contributor to the Washington Examiner magazine.—
Andrea Ruth,
The Washington Examiner,
15 Aug. 2025
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The top three contributors to hydroplaning are: Vehicle speed - When a vehicle's speed increases, the tire-traction grip and ability to control the vehicle decreases.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Aug. 2025
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At my church, First Congregational Church of Woodbury, an 18th-century bequest stipulated that the parsonage reverts to the donor’s heirs if the church deviates from the theological intent of the benefactor, the Rev. Noah Benedict.—
The Rev. Jake Dell,
Hartford Courant,
7 July 2025
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Republicans had their run with a wealthy benefactor, one-term venture capitalist Gov. Bruce Rauner.—
Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
24 June 2025
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“Giver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giver. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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