How to Use donor in a Sentence

donor

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  • She is one of the charity's major donors.
  • The money was raised from individual donors.
  • The idea was to wipe out the bone marrow from which immune cells arise, then replace it with new marrow from a donor.
    — Amber Dance, Discover Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
  • But this year, skyrocketing prices and the crunch on donor’s incomes have left the charities with less to distribute.
    — Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2023
  • The donors, who have asked to remain anonymous, were unaware that anything that valuable was included in the donation.
    — Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Members also said the canvassers had not been paid yet and that the anonymous donors would pay the canvassers upon the signatures' verification.
    — Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2024
  • It's already tapped $1.45 million from an emergency fund but is asking donors to pitch in, according to the UN.
    — Maya Goldman, Axios, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Pritzker, a longtime Democratic donor, was a key figure in Chicago landing the convention.
    — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Next, hormonal injections are administered to stimulate the donor’s ovaries to produce multiple eggs at once.
    — Edikan Umoh, refinery29.com, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Some DeSantis donors are pausing their donations, citing concerns about his readiness for the national stage.
    — Steve Peoples, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2023
  • In these situations, a plasma transfusion procedure would provide plasma from a donor to a recipient.
    — Gagandeep Brar, Verywell Health, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Living donor transplants are possible because of the liver’s unique capacity to regenerate itself—more so than any other organ in the body.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2024
  • Increased local funding for animal care supplies to reduce reliance on donors and investment in professional kennel cleaning to free up staff to focus on animal care.
    — Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Aug. 2024
  • The teams sought out donors for each turnover the Batesville and Milan teams forced.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The eight donor centers are open for 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday.
    — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 6 July 2023
  • His prognosis is good, Dr. Singh says – the donor heart should last for more than 25 years.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The other fund, the Rudy Giuliani Freedom Fund, does not disclose the donors or the amount raised.
    — Eileen Sullivan, New York Times, 1 May 2024
  • Goodwill’s New Lives Campaign struck a chord with donors and thrifters.
    — Sughnen Yongo, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Any money left over when the donor passes away goes to the charity.
    — Amy Wagner and Steve Sprovach, The Enquirer, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The donors’ backlash has become a serious PR headache for the schools.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Please keep the prayers coming for Scot, the surgeons, for the donor and his family who lost their loved one.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The United Nations has called for donors to help rebuild Jenin.
    — Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 9 July 2023
  • So anytime more people are able to enter the donor pool safely, that is a good thing.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 11 May 2023
  • The argument that is used is that most of those donor cats are coming from shelters.
    — Allie Weintraub, ABC News, 6 June 2023
  • Not all women will qualify as a freeze-and-share donor.
    — Kristine Thomason, Women's Health, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Big donors have pulled out, leaving the party nearly broke.
    — Monica Potts, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Jeffrey Katzenberg, the co-founder of DreamWorks and co-chair of Harris’ campaign, was among the donors present.
    — Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2024
  • The Met obtained Tsimshian rattles and Tlingit reed pipes from donors around this time.
    — Kathleen Sharp For Propublica, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The purchase price, which the group declined to disclose, was covered by anonymous donors.
    — Rachel Nuwer, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
  • For the food bank, the downturn in donations was compounded by the deaths of four major donors last year, Reiber said.
    — The Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2024

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