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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The United States has flipped from a moralistic benefactor to a transactional predator of Kyiv’s resources.
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 24 Feb. 2025
Beginning in 2017, a group of South Side benefactors including Chance the Rapper, Jennifer Hudson and Quincy Jones pitched in to save the place.
—Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
So far, Musk appears accountable to no one but President Trump, who handed his campaign benefactor a sweeping mandate to bring the government in line with his agenda.
—Simon Shuster, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025
The deal likely would not have happened in the absence of the Trump administration’s pressure on all regional actors -- Israel as well as Hamas and its benefactors.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 24 Jan. 2025
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 24 Feb. 2025
Beginning in 2017, a group of South Side benefactors including Chance the Rapper, Jennifer Hudson and Quincy Jones pitched in to save the place.
—Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
So far, Musk appears accountable to no one but President Trump, who handed his campaign benefactor a sweeping mandate to bring the government in line with his agenda.
—Simon Shuster, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025
The deal likely would not have happened in the absence of the Trump administration’s pressure on all regional actors -- Israel as well as Hamas and its benefactors.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Benefactor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/benefactor. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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