benefactor
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So Amazon MGM Studios became the surprising benefactor, offering Guadagnino a $40 million budget—the same amount of cash it spent to acquire Melania—along with a 2027 release date.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
“He’s presenting himself as her benefactor, not just her business partner,” explained Cialdini.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
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
He was man’s benefactor and he was man’s destroyer.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
But persuading living benefactors to lift restrictions doesn’t always generate enough money to keep schools afloat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Supported by unnamed donors, he offers encouragement and religious-based morale boosts to politicians or their mutual benefactors.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 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
India may be one of the greatest benefactors of the new global trading order.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
White benefactors supplied schoolbooks for their children—why not ask them to pass the hat for entire schools?
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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