benefactor

Example Sentences

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A big benefactor of the safety car to allow him a cheap pit stop and get up into the points and keep Esteban Ocon at bay for P9.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

If the opposite takes place, then copper may be the biggest benefactor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Cuban is facing its most serious economic crisis since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, its principal benefactor.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History began in 1893 but was renamed in 1905, a year before its main benefactor, Marshall Field, passed away.

From Slate • Dec. 20, 2025

Reward of ingratitoode to his earliest benefactor, and founder of fortun’s.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens