VOLUNTEERED Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

volunteered

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past tense of volunteer

as in donated

to make a present of trained tax consultants who volunteer their services at tax time

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Recent Examples of volunteered Sheriff’s officials at the time said that Gallegos, then 59, had volunteered as a youth basketball coach with Sacramento-area school districts and operated a private basketball coaching clinic. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026 Parton volunteered to serve food that day and became a lifelong supporter of the non-profit. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2026 In the last six months, Hosty said that 31 people have volunteered to monitor immigration court for at least one day. — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026 Vivien Killilea / Getty Images That's roughly 700 more volunteers than the festival had in Park City in 2026, when about 1,350 people volunteered. — Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 Tom Ritter, a Firefox developer who has also volunteered for the Tor Project, said the move to constant libraries reduced the entropy enough to stop the technique from working. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026 For years, the National Institutes of Health had offered advanced cardiac imaging at no cost to uninsured patients who volunteered for clinical trials. — Benjamin I. Lee, STAT, 24 Aug. 2026 After retiring in 2022, Cannom volunteered at the John Wesley Clinic in downtown Los Angeles, helping the homeless and underserved communities who might not otherwise receive cardiac care. — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026 But on that day, the 38-year-old who majored in philosophy in his university studies and his brother Volodymyr both volunteered for the front. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026

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Taylor Swift has donated $50,000 to a GoFundMe supporting Ashley Taunton, a Connecticut mother of three who suffered life-threatening injuries while helping strangers after a car accident in Rhode Island.

— Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2026
Before all that, Rodrigo held a press presentation to share that $10 million would be donated to the orgs, spanning reproductive rights, mental health, domestic violence, and maternal health.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2026

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Rocket Lab was supposed to have a satellite on standby to go up and inspect True Anomaly’s spacecraft, ready to launch on short notice once military officials gave the order.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026
Additionally, prosecutors allege Rincker gave Alvarez a 12-gauge pump action shotgun, Jamioles said.

— Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026

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People magazine reported that Meghan's potential acting project contributed to the couple's decision to return to Britain.

— Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Sunil Pandey, The Associated Press, Patrick Maguire, Dawn Liu, Matt Foster and Dennis Romero contributed.

— Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of contributed

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The case is nearly 30 years old, which has affected the kind of evidence presented in court.

— Jonathan Landrum Jr, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
Following Abloh’s death in November 2021, Kamara was appointed as art and image director and presented his first show, Spring/Summer 2023, in Paris that year.

— Luke Leitch, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026

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