as in donors
one that helps another with gifts or money
the only reason the town has any Independence Day fireworks in the first place is because the Internet tycoon has willingly become the event's de facto sugar daddy
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Recent Examples of sugar daddies
Sanders needs Alabama’s gravitas or Texas Tech’s sugar daddies.
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Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 29 Nov. 2025
Currently filming in Hong Kong, Peaches follows Nora (Thatcher) and Bing Bing (Liu), two spoiled best friends who scam sugar daddies for a living.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 13 Nov. 2025
Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 29 Nov. 2025
Currently filming in Hong Kong, Peaches follows Nora (Thatcher) and Bing Bing (Liu), two spoiled best friends who scam sugar daddies for a living.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 13 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sugar daddies
donors
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That’s left some of the usual wealthy campaign donors unsure of what candidate to back, Maviglio said.—
Andrew Graham,
Sacbee.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Oklahoma Voice is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity.—
Emma Murphy,
Oklahoma Voice,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Sugar daddies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sugar%20daddies. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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