benefactor
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Let’s say your benefactor bought the house for $500,000, and the house was worth $1.5 million when you inherited it.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026
He’s been called a thief, a benefactor, a commoner, a lord, a killer and a hero.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026
In the 1870s, Leland Stanford, the railroad magnate and benefactor of the university that bears his name, funded an effort to find out.
From Slate • May 25, 2026
Until the decline and fall of its benefactor, the Soviet Union, Cuba had an army of more than 200,000 soldiers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Wallenstein seemed an ideal benefactor and protector, a powerful man whose positions included commander of the army for Ferdinand.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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