benefactor
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The health centre has been made possible by the zoo's largest ever gift - from an anonymous benefactor.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
He’s no longer the benefactor of a toast, because he is toast.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 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
To be a member of the working poor is to be an anonymous donor, a nameless benefactor, to everyone else.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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