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benefactor

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


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A big benefactor of the safety car to allow him a cheap pit stop and get up into the points and keep Esteban Ocon at bay for P9.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

In January, Rourke’s management team set up a GoFundMe to help keep the actor in his home, with his representative Kimberly Hines listed as the benefactor.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Cuban is facing its most serious economic crisis since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, its principal benefactor.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

The late T. Boone Pickens, the chief benefactor for Oklahoma State, built an oil fortune that he dispersed to the Cowboys.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

There was little chance that the spoiled young mistress of Ashton Place would become a benefactor to Swanburne—or Swansong, as she sometimes glibly called the school.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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