contributor

noun

Definition of contributornext
as in donor

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Recent Examples of contributor However, if practice is any indication, Lane has a chance to become a key contributor immediately. — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 But a significant contributor has been staffing shortages and their knock-on effects. — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2026 The number represents a decline from previous years, although fentanyl remains a major contributor to the state's overdose crisis. — Terell Bailey, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 Will Pattiz is a contributor to Writers on the Range, an independent nonprofit dedicated to spurring lively conversation about the West. — Will Pattiz, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for contributor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contributor
  1. donor
  2. benefactor
  3. giver
  4. altruist
  5. fairy godmother
  6. donator
Noun
  • Once a payment is authorized by the donor (and not made fraudulently by someone else), getting those funds back becomes even harder, Eva Velasquez, CEO of the nonprofit Identity Theft Resource Center, told Fortune.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The National Kidney Registry launched in 2008 with an eye toward saving and improving the lives of people facing kidney failure by increasing the quality, speed and number of living donor transplants around the globe and protecting living donors.
    — Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of donor
Noun
  • The Warning were benefactors of this kind of sisterhood, finding open arms from predecessors like Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale, as well as the Pretty Reckless frontwoman Taylor Momsen, and Lilith Czar.
    — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 27 Aug. 2026
  • After the group, they were approached by a wealthy benefactor who wanted to help.
    — Vito Emanuel, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of benefactor
Noun
  • There’s also a gap between how givers and recipients think about AI involvement.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Aug. 2026
  • It's not taught to us in medical school how to be a good hope-giver.
    — Charles E. Owubah, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of giver
Noun
  • The effective altruist community, which has been outspoken about the harms of an unchecked AI, has yet to be named in the court proceedings.
    — Tom Dotan, Vanity Fair, 12 May 2026
  • Many effective altruists are skeptical of the speed of today’s AI development and have long called for regulation to guide it.
    — Jared Perlo, NBC news, 19 Mar. 2026
Definition of altruist
Noun
  • Dory, who is the baby of her three-kid family, invents friends, villains and a bearded fairy godmother for company.
    — Liz Rosenberg, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026
  • If Lizzie is Cinderella, then actor Vicky Krieps’s Bridget Sullivan, the Bordens’ live-in maid, is her fairy godmother.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of fairy godmother
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  • Contributors can transfer stock to the Treasury, which will then invest the funds into accounts in line with the donator’s guidelines.
    — Callum Sutherland, Time, 6 July 2026
  • That’s the gold standard of cancer designations that allows patients and donators alike to understand Sylvester’s standards.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Contributor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contributor. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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