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donate

[doh-nayt, doh-nayt] / ˈdoʊ neɪt, doʊˈneɪt /


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The country singer also asked fans to donate to the Young Center for Immigrant Rights, which helps children whose parents have faced deportations, during the opening night of her tour in Chicago back in August.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Two years later, Oxford University philosophers William MacAskill and Toby Ord launched "Giving What We Can," encouraging people to donate at least 10 percent of their income to tackling global poverty.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Reed knew Kao was behind the $150,000 anonymous donation, emails showed, because Kao told Reed he planned to donate through a shell company.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

We're so aware of how different things could have been had Miriam and her family not made the decision to donate.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

I even filled a trash bag of clothes for Mom to donate.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

The store donates a portion of proceeds to local cat rescues, such as Kitten Rescue Los Angeles, Northeast L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

Betting is strictly regulated and the main, state-owned operator Norsk Tipping donates 64% , externalof its proceeds to sporting purposes, with the main distribution going towards facilities in the country.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

It provides a dollar-for-dollar tax credit of up to $1,700 to anyone who donates to a nonprofit organization that grants scholarships.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

A millionaire who donates $30,000 this year is able to cut $11,100 from their taxes, the Fidelity Charitable spokesperson said.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 1, 2025

Dr. Bigelow donates the plaster head of Phineas to go with it.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

But officials say such a scanner had already been donated by the Chinese government.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The book, “Extra Innings,” can be purchased at Amazon, with all net proceeds donated to City of Hope.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Brockman and his wife donated $25 million to Leading the Future last September, and had committed to contributing another $25 million in 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

But when she left Cambridge in 2001, she donated her famous kitchen — pegboard walls, towering countertops and all — to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, where it remains on display.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

Someone donated a kerosene lamp; another gave her some old mosquito netting and a pair of socks without heels.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Helen Carter, lead volunteer, says no one will be means tested, with parents often picking up new items while donating what no longer fits their child.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Carnegie Mellon University announced Wednesday that Ken Griffin, the CEO of hedge-fund firm Citadel, is donating $3 billion to the school, the largest individual gift in higher-education history.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Kao and his team settled on donating scholarships to women in STEM.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

The federal program soon will let Americans get an Education Freedom Tax Credit of up to $1,700 for donating to scholarship organizations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

“And finally, a special thanks to my husband, William Holbrook, for donating a weekend at his deer camp.”

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett




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