donate
verb (used with object)
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause.
is donating
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present progressiveof donate (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Carnegie Mellon University announced Wednesday that Ken Griffin, the CEO of hedge-fund firm Citadel, is donating $3 billion to the school, the largest individual gift in higher-education history.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
MIAMI—Hedge-fund titan Ken Griffin is donating $2 billion to start a Carnegie Mellon University campus in Miami, part of the largest-ever individual gift toward higher education.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Harry Styles, for example, is donating £1 from every ticket for his 12-night Wembley Stadium residency to the Music Venue Trust - raising more than £900,000.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
To celebrate the new doll, Mattel is donating more than 1,000 autistic Barbies to pediatric hospitals across the country that offer specialized services for children on the spectrum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2026
“Nobody is donating much these days. These people keep coming here and asking me for food, and then they start to ask for jobs. You know, they came back from the North with nothing. Nothing.”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
