fairy godmother

as in donor
one that helps another with gifts or money when it came time for the girl to go to college, Aunt Edna once again proved to be a reliable fairy godmother

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Recent Examples of fairy godmother What Undue Medical Debt Is Doing Lately, the small nonprofit Undue Medical Debt has become a fairy godmother for some with medical debt. Next Avenue, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2025 There’s no fairy godmother to be found in Blichfeldt’s telling, as both Elivra and Agnes (played by Thea Sofie Loch Næss, a more conventionally attractive Scandinavian stunner) go about their transformations in creative new ways. Peter Debruge, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025 The women of the sewing circle volunteer to be her fairy godmothers to turn it into the dress of her dreams. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024 Filled with Disney Easter eggs referencing everything from Cinderella to Sleeping Beauty, Godmothered extends the Christmas spirit canon to the enchanted Motherland, where fairy godmothers are created and work their magic for humans. Sezín Devi Koehler, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for fairy godmother
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Noun
  • In all, the disclosure filing showed contributions from more than 800 donors to the inaugural committee.
    Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Bloomberg Harvard University is turning to donors to help offset a federal funding freeze triggered by the school’s rebuke of demands by President Trump.
    Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 21 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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