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Recent Examples of contributor This missing middle housing can be a valuable contributor to addressing San Diego’s housing needs, but only if the ADU Bonus Program is brought into appropriate scale. Geoffrey Hueter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2025 And an excellent contributor at the left flank on the power play. Thomas Drance, New York Times, 2 June 2025 The world’s biggest luxury group with a market value of about $270 billion, LVMH owns 75 brands ranging from hotel chains to makeup, but Louis Vuitton — whose sales surpassed €22.8 billion in 2023 — and Dior are among the two largest contributors to profits. Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 2 June 2025 The total number of worldwide missions tithes contributors in the U.S. and Canada has fallen from 11,630 in 2013 to 5,921 in 2023. Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 24 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for contributor
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Noun
  • Musk was also Trump's biggest campaign donor in 2024 and has used his social media platform X as a megaphone for conservative causes.
    Brian Mann, NPR, 7 June 2025
  • Also interviewed: former KU coach Roy Williams, ESPN analyst Jay Bilas, Vanderbilt heart surgeon Ashish Shah, Vanderbilt cardiologist Jonathan Menachem, Sacramento Kings teammate Bobby Jackson, several members of the family of Scot’s heart donor, Casey Angell, and others.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • What really kicked the project into motion, though, was an anonymous benefactor who contributed a $4.5 million gift to the venture, Flamion said.
    Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025
  • Just two awards away from obtaining EGOT status, for over three decades, Foxx has maintained a repertoire of not only staunch professionalism, but also stands as a benefactor of Black male representation in entertainment.
    Ime Ekpo, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
Noun
  • Both sides quickly thereafter resumed negotiations and struck a compromise, prompted in part by the potential damage to care givers.
    Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2025
  • Furthermore, appreciation benefits the giver as well.
    David Ford, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • Extraordinary altruists care deeply about the welfare of others — including those who have no connection to them.
    Stephanie O'Neill, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
  • But to buy the property at current market rates without jacking up rents, even an altruist would have to come up with some unlikely financial wizardry.
    Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Top-notch casting is the cherry on top, with Lily James as the supremely likable Cinderella, Richard Madden as her down-to-earth prince, Cate Blanchett as the detestable stepmother with her own imperfect backstory, and Helena Bonham Carter as one lovably flighty fairy godmother.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 May 2025
  • Rosemary bonded with Kennedy’s larger-than-life second wife, Eleanora, who was almost a decade younger than Rosemary, but acted as her fairy godmother, sprinkling money and sisterly advice.
    Susannah Cahalan, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • While Paytas’ Big Broadway Dream quickly sold out the St. James Theatre, donations of $5 to $25 to the Fund enters donators will be entered for a chance to win a front row pair of tickets.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The new group is actively looking for volunteers, members and donators, SAMENA Collective Membership Chairman Wali Qazizada said.
    Annika Bahnsen, Orange County Register, 19 July 2024

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