How to Use donation in a Sentence

donation

noun
  • We are grateful for the donation of whatever you can afford to give.
  • The organization is funded by private donations.
  • An attorney representing Jones’ victims declined to comment on the donation.
    Will Carless, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2024
  • The zoo is holding a donation contest to vote for the calf’s name.
    Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Chinchilla Café usually gives 100% of the donations at the door to the bands that play there.
    Jackson Landers, SPIN, 8 June 2023
  • The $1 billion donation is part of a fundraising drive that the college launched last year.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 July 2023
  • The top donation amounts were not disclosed by the fundraiser or the campaign.
    Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
  • Lutz was supposed to meet her dad for Father's Day, Slate wrote on the donation page.
    Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 16 June 2023
  • This donation is the sum of 136 hours of his labor in the prison working as a porter/janitor.
    Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2024
  • The fee is a donation to the ASID chapter; the designer donates their time.
    Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2023
  • One of their twins came from Clark's donation, while the other is from his partner's.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 6 July 2023
  • Allen said that most of the donation now will be refunded.
    Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
  • Her family has asked for donations to go to Not An Easy Fix.
    Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The largest donation, $5,000, was to the Beau Biden Foundation, which works to protect children from abuse.
    Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Anchorage Daily News, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The event is free and donations are encouraged, according to the Eventbrite page.
    Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The resolution approved by the school board states that private donations would be used to pay for the name changes.
    CBS News, 11 May 2024
  • The royal siblings were told that the gifts and donations were sorted by teams of people giving their time for free.
    Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 18 Dec. 2023
  • News of the art donation and museum is just the latest chapter in the Hedreens’ involvement with SU.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Its work is funded by a few hundred subscribers as well as grants and donations.
    Claire Harbage, NPR, 22 May 2024
  • In between were short videos of Miller showing off his merch and asking for donations, which have been coming in.
    Will Carless, USA TODAY, 3 May 2023
  • Proceeds from the thrift shop will support the church and its schools, and the donation of goods to local homeless and animal ministries.
    Andrea Manes, Orange County Register, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Add anything that’s too big or small, stretched out, or otherwise not working for your body to the donation pile, Davis says.
    Cathryne Keller, SELF, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Swift has made donations to other food banks in cities her tour has visited.
    Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Bloor said the department might accept donations down the line to go toward routine upkeep of the truck.
    Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2024
  • There are so many requests to give donations at the checkout line these days — sometimes multiple times in a day!
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024
  • But some of them have backed up that endorsement with millions of dollars in donations to the new initiative.
    Brian Schwartz, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Schiff hit back, prompting Porter to name drop a Sacramento Bee fact-check on claims about donations to her campaign.
    Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Copies are also available at the museum for a donation of $15.
    Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2023
  • During a liver donation, a piece of the liver is taken from a donor and given to the recipient.
    Cathy Free, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The donation marks another philanthropic effort from the legendary country singer.
    Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024

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