How to Use donate in a Sentence

donate

verb
Definition of donatenext
Synonyms for donatenext
  • Please sign this form if you would like to donate your organs when you die.
  • Moyle says a number of them have donated to his campaign as well.
    — Daniel Walters, Idaho Statesman, 14 May 2024
  • The shop opens at 10 a.m. and sells high-quality, gently used, donated merchandise.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2024
  • That includes participating in rallies and donating money to a candidate or cause.
    — Zach Montague, New York Times, 6 June 2024
  • Denmark and the Netherlands will donate the jets, the White House said.
    — Jacob Knutson, Axios, 10 July 2024
  • To help the war effort, the U.S. is donating 31 M1A1 tanks and crew training.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 June 2023
  • The owner of the home donated it to the university after the killings.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Dawn grows her hair out, then chops it off to donate it to cancer patients.
    — David Sedaris, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
  • And as always, for ever purchase, TOMS donates a new pair of shoes to a child in need.
    — Annie O’Sullivan, Good Housekeeping, 31 July 2023
  • Mayor Ernie Penn noted the land is the first donated to the city for a neighborhood park.
    — Lynn Kutter, arkansasonline.com, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Do pet parents have to pay any money to allow their pets to donate blood?
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The time capsule was built and donated by Dave and Jenny Marrs of Bentonville.
    — Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The donor was a man in his 30s who donated tissue to three other people, as well as James.
    — Jon Lapook, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Mitchell said with all the items donated, those who were relocated have enough to last a few months.
    — Auzzy Byrdsell, ajc, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Each team was awarded a game ball for MVP and donated a raffle item to be auctioned off.
    — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2023
  • Some appeared to warn that those who did not donate would be blacklisted.
    — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 12 July 2024
  • Plus, with every purchase, a meal is donated to a shelter dog in need.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 9 June 2023
  • Profits from the event will be donated to the Abhi Shah Foundation.
    — Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Cars for Kids, which also sells cars and donates the proceeds to charity.
    — Curbed, 14 Dec. 2023
  • But the records don’t show who donated, and itrek didn’t return phone messages for this article.
    — The Arizona Republic, 24 Mar. 2024
  • The men whose brains were donated for study had an average rugby career length of around 18 years.
    — Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The identity of the person who donated the shoes remains a mystery.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Bloch was a philanthropist who donated millions to cancer research, and her husband was one of the founders of H&R Block.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The group donated about 100 toys to the Support the Enlisted Project for military children.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Cernera after his surgery to donate a kidney anonymously to a stranger in 2016.
    — Ben Paynter, Men's Health, 26 June 2023
  • All proceeds from the fight will be donated to charity.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Many records were donated to us after the fire, and a few small stacks survived with only minor damage.
    — Jesse Locke, SPIN, 29 Feb. 2024
  • That comes on top of $3.8 million Bills gave to the fund earlier this year — and the $1.6 million that his wife, Sonja Smith, donated to Democrats or allied groups.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Never donate with a wire transfer or gift card, which is difficult to track if something goes awry.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Blum said Citadel will work with the town to donate that land for public use and for that land to be used as a buffer between any residential areas the parcel abuts.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2024

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