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donation

[doh-nay-shuhn] / doʊˈneɪ ʃən /


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So far, only one donor has announced a major stock donation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

"It costs you nothing, but we'll expect a donation," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Asking retail customers to make a charitable donation at checkout can be a great way to raise money for a cause.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Griffin said part of the point of his donation was to counter those perceptions.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

He’d just come through his third donation, it hadn’t gone well, and he must have known he wasn’t going to make it.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

In defending the rule allowing stock gifts, the Treasury Department contended that the policy would encourage many more donations, outweighing the additional risk and volatility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

However, police concluded that Archer, in fact, had received very little of the donations himself.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Treasury officials argue that the prohibition doesn’t apply to stock donations because account funds aren’t used to purchase the stock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Organiser John Mair said everyone was welcome to come along and donations would go back into rental costs and advertising for the event, which he hoped would continue on a monthly basis.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

We’ve been receiving so much mail from people all across the country, and we have no idea what to do with it all; the donations for our college fund are amazing and quite touching.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers




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