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
Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 21 June 2025
Opportunity drawing tickets for a shed made by Montecito High School students are also being sold by volunteers at these store locations and can be purchased at the Ramona Chamber of Commerce office at 1306 Main St., Suite 103.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025
Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
Vote here The Baltimore Sun reader poll is an unscientific survey in which website users volunteer their opinions on the subject of the poll.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2025
Dylan Slagle, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2022
Glauner noted that Fire Station 1, at 4383 Center Road, was built in 1960 with additional bays installed in the 1970s, at a time when the department was all-volunteer.
—Brian Lisik, cleveland, 15 Feb. 2022
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Verb
In Bong Joon Ho’s most recent film, Mickey 17, a desperate space colonist volunteers himself to be cloned again and again, exchanging a lethal job for passage to another world.
—Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 21 June 2025
Opportunity drawing tickets for a shed made by Montecito High School students are also being sold by volunteers at these store locations and can be purchased at the Ramona Chamber of Commerce office at 1306 Main St., Suite 103.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025
Adjective
He’s also spent the last two years volunteering at Palomar Hospital in Poway by helping residents at a skilled nursing facility.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
Vote here The Baltimore Sun reader poll is an unscientific survey in which website users volunteer their opinions on the subject of the poll.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2025
Noun
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
Glauner noted that Fire Station 1, at 4383 Center Road, was built in 1960 with additional bays installed in the 1970s, at a time when the department was all-volunteer.
—Brian Lisik, cleveland, 15 Feb. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for volunteer
Verb
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After sharing her frustrations on social media, White was able to get 10 chairs donated from the First United Methodist Church and eventually signs were put up.—
Briah Lumpkins,
Charlotte Observer,
1 July 2025
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Joan and Irwin Jacobs, married for nearly 70 years, have donated hundreds of millions of dollars to medical, scientific, technology, art and educational causes in San Diego.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
Adjective
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Such findings have almost always been resolved through voluntary resolutions between schools and the federal government.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
1 July 2025
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To that end, the feds can often compel witnesses to talk and share evidence (in contrast, the NBA relies on the voluntary cooperation of people outside the league).—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
29 June 2025
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By contrast, people given placebo injections lost around 200 grams.—
Rachel Fieldhouse,
Scientific American,
1 July 2025
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The result gives your look an effortless dose of cool when tucked into anything from black jeans to colorful wide-leg trousers.—
Clint Davis,
People.com,
1 July 2025
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People are willing to go in, not just for the sake of being re-elected or for making money or some kind of fame, but for the people.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
28 June 2025
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Denverites willing to brave the heat and visit the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance this summer may be able to sneak a peek at a new baby sloth snoozing and snuggling in the treetops of the Tropical Discovery exhibit.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
28 June 2025
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Sarah Stier/Getty Images Flagg is a generational talent who is expected to contribute for the Mavericks starting day one.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights also contributed to that site, with student council members selling cookies and raising $1,000 to buy toys.—
Melinda Moore,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2025
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“Volunteer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volunteer. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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