benefactors
Example Sentences
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Nearly every state in the U.S. has a version of California’s slayer statute, which effectively disinherits beneficiaries who’ve “feloniously and intentionally” killed their benefactors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
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
The announcement "will include a series of measures to make political funding more transparent, including restrictions on donations from foreign-based benefactors", the paper says.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Supported by unnamed donors, he offers encouragement and religious-based morale boosts to politicians or their mutual benefactors.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026
“Why do you wish to destroy your benefactors? They have food for you, but they cannot give it to you until you do what they want.”
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
