as in donor
someone who gives something to another person
The big giver to the charity wanted to remain anonymous. a gift giver
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Recent Examples of giver
Even for the savviest gift giver, finding a Mother’s Day gift can be a challenge.
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Rachel Trujillo, People.com, 2 May 2025
The term has since come to describe any gift that reflects the giver's desires more than the recipient's needs or personality.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
The impressive haul included average donations of $21 and 266,000 individual donors, nearly two-thirds of whom were first-time givers, figures that reflect wide and growing appeal among voters.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2025
But being mindful of a patient’s needs can help guide the gift giver.
—Amy Bizzarri, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
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Rachel Trujillo, People.com, 2 May 2025
The term has since come to describe any gift that reflects the giver's desires more than the recipient's needs or personality.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
The impressive haul included average donations of $21 and 266,000 individual donors, nearly two-thirds of whom were first-time givers, figures that reflect wide and growing appeal among voters.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2025
But being mindful of a patient’s needs can help guide the gift giver.
—Amy Bizzarri, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for giver
Noun
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Bannon was found to have diverted hundreds of thousands of dollars from donors to associates.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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While this tendency can be improved through staff training and donor cultivation, especially in areas like the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research or the life sciences, additional models warrant exploration.—
Mung Chiang,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
Noun
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The total number of worldwide missions tithes contributors in the U.S. and Canada has fallen from 11,630 in 2013 to 5,921 in 2023.—
Frank E. Lockwood,
Arkansas Online,
24 May 2025
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If your submission is selected for inclusion in the NPR News Quiz, you will be acknowledged in a list of contributors on NPR's website or otherwise receive appropriate credit, but failure to do so shall not be deemed a breach of your rights.—
Holly J. Morris,
NPR,
23 May 2025
Noun
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When the Ordway opened its doors in 1985, our chief benefactor and guiding spirit, Sally Ordway Irvine, had a vision to create a place where ALL the performing arts would be embraced and ALL members of the community would feel welcome.—
Christopher Harrington,
Twin Cities,
29 May 2025
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Lapid trades in indelicate satire for indelicate times — Y at one point literally and lavishly licks his wealthy benefactor’s gleaming knee-high boots — so these grisly verses at first seem a typically blunt caricature of Israeli nationalism at its most ruthless.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
23 May 2025
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“Giver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giver. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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