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
Anna Tingley, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
In California, one particularly enthusiastic volunteer created an unofficial social-media account for Obama.
—Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
Nursing student Brynn Munoz is volunteering and excited about caring for her community.
—Robbie Owens, CBS News, 23 Jan. 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
Through a series of prison visits with a volunteer named Jackie (Thompson), Nick shares the impulses and consequences that shaped his life.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
In California, one particularly enthusiastic volunteer created an unofficial social-media account for Obama.
—Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Verb
Shapiro volunteered at an Israeli army base in high school and worked at the Israeli embassy in Washington early in his career.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
Nursing student Brynn Munoz is volunteering and excited about caring for her community.
—Robbie Owens, CBS News, 23 Jan. 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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Cocchiaro recommends putting finished books on a a bookshelf elsewhere in your home or donating them once you're done reading them.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
13 Jan. 2026
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Many hospital pharmacies also partner with the nonprofit, which has distributed medication donated by pharmaceutical companies to 277 sites in 38 states.—
Blake Farmer,
Miami Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Tanya Ceja pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter with a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a deadly weapon.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
25 Jan. 2026
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Most recently, Waymo issued a voluntary software recall after six instances where the vehicles drove past Atlanta Public School buses with their stop arms extended.—
Sara Gregory,
AJC.com,
23 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Six movable struts give the cockpit full freedom of motion.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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But Black art is always compared, shared and given a value.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Only one day after that, on December 24, however, law enforcement’s attitude toward the teens seemed to shift markedly, with neither the NYPD nor the Transit Authority now being willing to just accept their initial statements.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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The question becomes whether men, who don’t face this risk directly, are willing to accept a particular method’s requirements and side effects.—
Ana Castelain,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Sebastian Shukla, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Jennifer Hansler and Moriah Thomas contributed to this report.—
Hira Humayun,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Fox News' Ryan Gaydos and Ryan Morik contributed to this report.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Volunteer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volunteer. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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