benefactor

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

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

He sees Wolfe as a benefactor as much as a collector.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Meanwhile, 16% of those expecting an inheritance haven’t discussed it at all with their hoped-for benefactor.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 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

This was the regent who was to become my guardian and benefactor for the next decade.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

But persuading living benefactors to lift restrictions doesn’t always generate enough money to keep schools afloat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 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