benefactor

If the company could not rely on a benefactor like Inouye, it would develop a stable of them.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

“There are entrenched businesses like Salesforce that own a very proprietary set of data that make them much more formidable in this new era, and also probably a much bigger benefactor of the technology.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026

Castro is remembered by supporters as having guided Cuba through multiple crises -- US-backed invasions, embargoes, assassination plots and the intense hardship caused by the collapse of Cuba's main ally and benefactor, the Soviet Union.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

“He’s presenting himself as her benefactor, not just her business partner,” explained Cialdini.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

My mother graciously thanked the unknown benefactor, saying, “Too good. Cost too much.”

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

But it didn’t take much sleuthing to discover Amazon, Shein and Temu are unofficial benefactors in the competition to put National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation to shame.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Nearly every state in the U.S. has a version of California’s slayer statute, which effectively disinherits beneficiaries who’ve “feloniously and intentionally” killed their benefactors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

The announcement "will include a series of measures to make political funding more transparent, including restrictions on donations from foreign-based benefactors", the paper says.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

Supported by unnamed donors, he offers encouragement and religious-based morale boosts to politicians or their mutual benefactors.

From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026

White benefactors supplied schoolbooks for their children—why not ask them to pass the hat for entire schools?

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead