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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Find this story at Iowa Capital Dispatch, which is part of States Newsroom, a network of news bureaus supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity.—
Cami Koons,
Des Moines Register,
14 Jan. 2026
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To keep up with current demand, the center relies on volunteer donors to give 400 units each day, which in turn help support over 70 hospitals across the state.—
Matthew Glowicki,
Louisville Courier Journal,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Sugar daddies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sugar%20daddies. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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