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benefactors

  • plural
    of benefactor.
    benefactor
    noun
    a person who confers a benefit; kindly helper.

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So boards start “digging for dollars” by searching for loopholes in restricted funds given by benefactors who are deceased, Moore said.

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

Jazz haunts with debts owed to its creators, and has a knack for revivals, collectives, new venues in the old forms, and stalwart clubs revivified by benefactors and grant funding.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026

I felt ashamed to appear before my benefactors so clad.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë