as in donor
one that helps another with gifts or money
an anonymous benefactor gave the school a dozen new computers
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Trump remained silent on the public spat until finally breaking from the promise of sweeping deportation and telling the New York Post that billionaire benefactor Elon Musk was right after all.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
Fleiss has a non-profit but also relies on generous benefactors to keep bird food and medicine in stock.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
My old friend Mark Olsen talked with Guy Pearce, who is marvelous playing the movie’s big shot tycoon benefactor who commissions László Tóth (Adrien Brody) to build a monumental community center.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
The real threat of those federal mandates, however, was to the corporate bottom line for Wallace’s biggest benefactors.
—Brucie Porter / Made By History, TIME, 5 Dec. 2024
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
Fleiss has a non-profit but also relies on generous benefactors to keep bird food and medicine in stock.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
My old friend Mark Olsen talked with Guy Pearce, who is marvelous playing the movie’s big shot tycoon benefactor who commissions László Tóth (Adrien Brody) to build a monumental community center.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
The real threat of those federal mandates, however, was to the corporate bottom line for Wallace’s biggest benefactors.
—Brucie Porter / Made By History, TIME, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Benefactor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/benefactor. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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