as in to donate
to make a present of
trained tax consultants who volunteer their services at tax time
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as in voluntary
done, made, or given with one's own free will
volunteer work at the hospital
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Recent Examples of volunteer
Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
Reporting from Tel Aviv, Israel Two people have been killed in central Israel following missile fire from Iran, the country's volunteer emergency services have said.
—Yarden Segev, NBC news, 9 Mar. 2026
Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
While many exiles long to return, with plans to volunteer or help create jobs, all cling to hope for Cuba, tempered by decades of hardship.
—Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2026
Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 22 July 2022
The fire company is the only one in Carroll County that is completely volunteer run, with no career fire personnel.
—Dylan Slagle, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2022
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Noun
Former recruitment chair denounced in Coral Gables Dariel Gonzalez, who was FIU’s College Republicans’ recruitment chairman at the time the group chat was created, was removed from a volunteer position in Coral Gables and is no longer an intern at a local architecture firm.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
Reporting from Tel Aviv, Israel Two people have been killed in central Israel following missile fire from Iran, the country's volunteer emergency services have said.
—Yarden Segev, NBC news, 9 Mar. 2026
Verb
Last season, the program volunteered at a military veterans home, the Humane Society and with the Bonita Valley Girls Softball Association.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
While many exiles long to return, with plans to volunteer or help create jobs, all cling to hope for Cuba, tempered by decades of hardship.
—Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
Cycling Schools is an all-volunteer, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
—Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 22 July 2022
The fire company is the only one in Carroll County that is completely volunteer run, with no career fire personnel.
—Dylan Slagle, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for volunteer
Noun
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Notably, the show stars several out gay actors, including Angus O’Brien as frat-boy enlistee and Max Parker as a closeted drill sergeant.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The port has already planted acres of mangroves and sea grass and donated the land to the state of Florida to offset the habitat that would be destroyed during dredging.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Mar. 2026
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So much so that in 2016, almost 40,000 Kiwis banded together to buy the beach from a private entity for more than $2 million and donated it to New Zealand's Department of Conservation.—
Madeline Bilis,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Some local industry professionals have suggested to Deadline that the issue of the recommendations could still prove thorny down the line, even if Tuttle’s uptake of them would be voluntary.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
6 Mar. 2026
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The voluntary agreement has no enforcement mechanisms and ratepayers have no way to verify whether tech companies keep their promises, said Lena Moffitt, executive director of Evergreen Action, an environmental group.—
Josh Boak,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Noting some confusion over the like-for-like numbers this year, given recent changes to the business structure, the analysts said that weapon and ammunition growth will remain elevated, and there is scope for its naval business to be resilient, too.—
Elsa Ohlen,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2026
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The dozens of demonstrators who signed up to give their public comment had to wait outside.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Eva is a complex character, flinty and businesslike, deadly serious about her mission and willing to make ethical compromises to move it forward.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
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Lamott, whose work moves between memoir and fiction, is more willing to bend a rule in the service of voice.—
Jasna Hodžić,
Big Think,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Your concentrated effort is a great way to support the systems that help everyone contribute.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Times staff writer Seema Mehta contributed to this report.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Volunteer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volunteer. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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