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benefactor

[ben-uh-fak-ter, ben-uh-fak-] / ˈbɛn əˌfæk tər, ˌbɛn əˈfæk- /


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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

With this visit, President Xi will feel he has done enough to remind Kim that his main benefactor is China.

From BBC Jun. 9, 2026

Fear of Covid triggered border closures that caused a plunge in trade with China, North Korea’s main benefactor.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 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

“Our benefactor isn’t anonymous. His name was James Parker.”

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson

Cook also received smaller sums for security from other benefactors, plus additional free legal and security services, the disclosure said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

Supported by unnamed donors, he offers encouragement and religious-based morale boosts to politicians or their mutual benefactors.

From Salon Jun. 9, 2026

And if last week's reporting on LIV is accurate, the money tap from their Saudi Arabian benefactors might soon dry up.

From BBC Apr. 20, 2026

“I think the market is saying these financial companies are going to be the biggest benefactors of AI,” with margin and operational efficiency improvements, he said.

From MarketWatch Mar. 4, 2026

If Bobby could make millions, and if he continued tithing large amounts to the Church, he could emerge as one of the Church’s biggest benefactors.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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