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
Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
If approved, the entire process would be turned over to an independent panel of citizen volunteers.
—Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Encourage Volunteerism Encourage your employees to volunteer with organizations helping people affected by climate disasters.
—Trevor Riggen, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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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Noun
In the Walmart parking lot, Damaris McDee, 67, a volunteer with the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda, joined other canvassers approaching people near a crawfish restaurant and a health center.
—Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
If approved, the entire process would be turned over to an independent panel of citizen volunteers.
—Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
Verb
Buehler, who’d never saved a big-league game, volunteered to take the ninth on a day’s rest, again thriving upon climactic gravity.
—Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Encourage Volunteerism Encourage your employees to volunteer with organizations helping people affected by climate disasters.
—Trevor Riggen, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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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The 32-time Grammy winner supposedly donated $4 million to Harris’ campaign in its first days this summer.Dominic Patten, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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Germany has donated more than $10 million to the project.George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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This is a sharp decline from $102.7 million in the same quarter last year, attributed to the voluntary discontinuation of the marketing authorizations for RELYVRIO and ALBRIOZA.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
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Johnson & Johnson had also done a voluntary recall in 2018 after sub-trace levels of asbestos were found in their products.Angel Saunders, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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The abuse victims’ attorneys, however, suggested that not funding the trust immediately would short-change people who had already been victimized by the church, given how the value of that trust could erode with time and inflation.Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Two days after the nation’s voters gave Donald Trump another term as president, Gov. Gavin Newsom staged a publicity stunt to position California — and presumably himself — as the epicenter of resistance.Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 9 Nov. 2024
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The Biden administration was working on things to incentivize innovation, giving money to people willing to take on zoning challenges.Kim Velsey, Curbed, 11 Nov. 2024
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This time, President-elect Donald Trump knows a lot more about how to manipulate the levers of power and plans to surround himself with loyalists willing to do his bidding in making sweeping changes to both policies and processes.Carl Leubsdorf, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The garment manufacturing business contributed $148,470, logistics services $964,429, and property management and subleasing $228,579.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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In his 16-year career on YouTube, Brownlee’s reviews have contributed to the overall success and failure of various companies and products.Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Volunteer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volunteer. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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