How to Use donor in a Sentence

donor

noun
  • She is one of the charity's major donors.
  • The money was raised from individual donors.
  • The teams sought out donors for each turnover the Batesville and Milan teams forced.
    The Indianapolis Star, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The eight donor centers are open for 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday.
    Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 6 July 2023
  • His prognosis is good, Dr. Singh says – the donor heart should last for more than 25 years.
    Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Any money left over when the donor passes away goes to the charity.
    Amy Wagner and Steve Sprovach, The Enquirer, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The donors’ backlash has become a serious PR headache for the schools.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Please keep the prayers coming for Scot, the surgeons, for the donor and his family who lost their loved one.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The United Nations has called for donors to help rebuild Jenin.
    Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 9 July 2023
  • So anytime more people are able to enter the donor pool safely, that is a good thing.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN, 11 May 2023
  • The argument that is used is that most of those donor cats are coming from shelters.
    Allie Weintraub, ABC News, 6 June 2023
  • Not all women will qualify as a freeze-and-share donor.
    Kristine Thomason, Women's Health, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Big donors have pulled out, leaving the party nearly broke.
    Monica Potts, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The Met obtained Tsimshian rattles and Tlingit reed pipes from donors around this time.
    Kathleen Sharp For Propublica, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The purchase price, which the group declined to disclose, was covered by anonymous donors.
    Rachel Nuwer, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
  • For the food bank, the downturn in donations was compounded by the deaths of four major donors last year, Reiber said.
    The Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Positive vibes to wife Dawn as well as peace and comfort to the donor’s family.
    Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Competing for support from many of the same donors could also pose a challenge for Yee and the other Democrats.
    Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Eight of the donors are multibillionaires, and their combined net worth is $305.1 billion.
    Maria De Mento, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Toma had the most individual donors from the district at 48, which was 26% of his total donors.
    Morgan Fischer, The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Some of his donors may look at Haley as a better alternative to take on Trump at this point.
    Tia Yang, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Ticket sales account for about half the cost of operations; the rest must be made up by donors, and donors must be courted.
    Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2023
  • All-In Milwaukee covers the rest of students' college costs through donors.
    Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Here is a look at some of the events and a number of the programs that have benefited from donors’ generosity.
    IEEE Spectrum, 3 May 2023
  • The couple also used eggs from a separate donor than the surrogate.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 6 July 2023
  • Malzahn said during a recent visit to Atlanta for a UCF donor and alumni event.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023
  • One of the best ways donors can do so is by transferring their assets to family members.
    Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2024
  • This was driven mostly by refunds the campaign issued to donors.
    Alexandra Marquez, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2023
  • In the donor lists, Cooper finds an anonymous donation for $52.5 million.
    Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 2 June 2023
  • Candidates frequently visit to fundraise from the large number of wealthy donors who live here.
    Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2023

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