How to Use donor in a Sentence

donor

noun
  • She is one of the charity's major donors.
  • The money was raised from individual donors.
  • Many donors have poured in funds on both sides.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Blood donors will get some perks for rolling up their sleeves.
    — Pioneer Press, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
  • This means that their stem cells are used rather than donor cells.
    — Sarah Hudgens, Health, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The sperm donor has the legal right to fight for parental rights of the child.
    — Jamie Wareham, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2022
  • Some of those clients were donors to Hogsett's campaign.
    — Joe Mutascio, IndyStar, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Some of those clients were donors to Hogsett's campaign.
    — Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The only question is whether donors will seize it.
    — Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Younger donors just want to see that value made current.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • The bill limits top-earning donors in two ways.
    — Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Her husband was going to be her donor.
    — Dawn White, CBS News, 28 May 2026
  • Most stations aren’t in areas with so many wealthy donors.
    — David Bauder, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Those donors are going to come from the wealthy part of this county.
    — Stephen Fowler, NPR, 15 May 2026
  • If an organ donor’s brain was dead, their organs were fair game.
    — Esther Landhuis, Popular Mechanics, 12 Dec. 2022
  • By far, most transplants come from deceased donors.
    — Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
  • When that alignment is in place, donors don't just give to a campaign.
    — Sherry Quam Taylor, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • If that is not available, donor breast milk is the second-best choice.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 30 Jan. 2026
  • But at what point do donors stop stepping up when the results are the same?
    — Chris Vannini, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Without a donor, there’s no transplant.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The page added that Ava was also an organ donor.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • But this new class of giver isn’t a legacy donor in a blazer.
    — Jemma Green, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Soon Hernandez's search for a donor hit the big screen.
    — Laura Phillips, CBS News, 16 May 2026
  • This helps to build a connection to the donor in a way that is genuine.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Lots more donors will now be able to buy access to the man and curry his favor.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 1 Apr. 2026
  • There are also eight new board members and a new donor wall in the theater.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The demand for liver donors, as a result, has risen sharply.
    — Claire Wang, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Trump has said the project is largely funded by private donors.
    — Ella Lee, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Need to show potential recruits that donors will show up for races like this one.
    — Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Fifteen years ago, a bone marrow donor gave her a second chance.
    — Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026

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