benefactor
Example Sentences
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The gift pushes Duffield’s total philanthropy to the school to $550 million, making him one of the largest university benefactors in the country.
The late T. Boone Pickens, the chief benefactor for Oklahoma State, built an oil fortune that he dispersed to the Cowboys.
Each of the dance numbers feels distinctive while also serving some purpose in developing the story: from an early benefactor’s home or the deck of a ship, to a forest or meeting house.
From Los Angeles Times
There’s a case involving a rich benefactor who has plans to basically hollow out the essence of this school.
From Los Angeles Times
There was little chance that the spoiled young mistress of Ashton Place would become a benefactor to Swanburne—or Swansong, as she sometimes glibly called the school.
From Literature
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