contributions

plural of contribution
as in donations
a gift of money or its equivalent to a charity, humanitarian cause, or public institution contributions for the victims of the earthquake began pouring in

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Recent Examples of contributions Other options include reducing the level of your contributions, although there is a minimum of 5% of pay for employees and 3% for employers. — Marc Shoffman, TheWeek, 8 Oct. 2026 Both are named after Michael Faraday, a 19th-century British scientist who made major contributions to electromagnetics. — Sean McGowan, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2026 The settlement called for $156,000 in refunds to people in Missouri who paid money or gave contributions to obtain the product in the early days of the pandemic. — Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026 For example, if an employer matches 401(k) contributions, contributing nothing could mean leaving part of the compensation package unused. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 Portal Ventures led the funding round with contributions from individual backers, including senior executives at Citadel Securities, BlackRock, and KKR. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026 Da Corte and Onli do not state that Lichtenstein was the only master appropriator of the Pop movement—no one can forget Andy Warhol’s contributions, which the Whitney memorably surveyed in 2018. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026 As currently envisioned, the LISA mission will be led by the European Space Agency, with significant contributions from the United States. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 7 Oct. 2026 The proposal has drawn more than $300 million in campaign contributions, nearly all against it. — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
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donations
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  • The Treasury Department moved last week to automatically enroll tens of millions of children and greenlight donations of individual stocks as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent touts the accounts ahead of midterms.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The vast majority of the Central Pennsylvania Clinic’s operating budget comes from direct community donations, many of which happen at large auctions that take place a few times throughout the year.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026

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“Contributions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contributions. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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