as in donating
to make a present of
trained tax consultants who volunteer their services at tax time
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Recent Examples of volunteering
His company is volunteering to completely revamp the community center.
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Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 18 June 2026
The future workforce is already here—sitting in classrooms, leading student organizations, captaining athletic teams and volunteering in communities.
—Dr. Milpha Blamo, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
An hour before his death, Smith had been volunteering to bring food to homeless people, according to an Instagram post by Scott Wagers, a pastor and founder of the outreach group Community Homeless Alliance Ministries.
—Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
That can include volunteering on construction sites or other Habitat work.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 June 2026
Tsunoda believes that selfless trash collection is the gateway to volunteering more broadly, figuring out ways to benefit everyone.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 14 June 2026
Blake Garrison Kirsch, who was volunteering with the Evette campaign's finance committee, approached the protester and ripped a megaphone from their hands.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 9 June 2026
The researchers found that the more time someone spent volunteering, the better the impact.
—Brittany Dube, Health, 9 June 2026
The creation of Soccer KC When Shorman lost his job in 2017 and spent time volunteering in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the idea was born.
—Zuri Primos
june 8, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 18 June 2026
The future workforce is already here—sitting in classrooms, leading student organizations, captaining athletic teams and volunteering in communities.
—Dr. Milpha Blamo, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
An hour before his death, Smith had been volunteering to bring food to homeless people, according to an Instagram post by Scott Wagers, a pastor and founder of the outreach group Community Homeless Alliance Ministries.
—Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
That can include volunteering on construction sites or other Habitat work.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 June 2026
Tsunoda believes that selfless trash collection is the gateway to volunteering more broadly, figuring out ways to benefit everyone.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 14 June 2026
Blake Garrison Kirsch, who was volunteering with the Evette campaign's finance committee, approached the protester and ripped a megaphone from their hands.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 9 June 2026
The researchers found that the more time someone spent volunteering, the better the impact.
—Brittany Dube, Health, 9 June 2026
The creation of Soccer KC When Shorman lost his job in 2017 and spent time volunteering in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the idea was born.
—Zuri Primos
june 8, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for volunteering
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The family of former NFL star Aldon Smith is donating his brain to the Boston University CTE Center to research the long-term effects of repetitive brain injuries following his sudden death at age 36.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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The family of former NFL star Aldon Smith is donating his brain to the Boston University CTE Center to research the long-term effects of repetitive brain injuries after his sudden death at age 36.—
Josh Dubow,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
Verb
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The inventory risk is real, but oil bulls are giving the problem too much weight, Dwivedi argues.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
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An orphaned owl at a rescue center in New York has adopted the role of a foster parent, nursing two orphaned baby owlets and giving them parental love.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
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The two sides agreed to a ceasefire on April 7, but Tehran continued to maintain a chokehold in the Strait of Hormuz, using it as leverage in negotiations and contributing to supply disruptions.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
14 June 2026
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MacBeth later testified, helping authorities expose the scheme and contributing to a wave of arrests that revealed just how aggressively gambling interests were targeting college athletes at the time.—
David Mica,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
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“Volunteering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volunteering. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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