Example Sentences

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With all due respect to the Knot, which provides lots of helpful information for couples getting married, knowing the general recommended timing for a thank-you card does not really help you, the gift giver.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

These gifts don’t count toward the overall $15 million maximum that can be given during life or at death, and neither the gift giver nor receiver is taxed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

"The Sun is our nearest star, giver of life and potential disruptor of modern space and ground power systems, so it is imperative that we understand how it works and learn to predict its behaviour".

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2025

Chappell Roan is a giver, not a professor.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2025

Ashima prepares herself for the news, to accept the fact that Gogol will never meet his great-grandmother, the giver of his lost name.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri