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  • noun Plural form of donee.

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Examples

  • As Parliament passed the ground-breaking legislation - which will let Singaporeans grant people they trust (called "donees") power of attorney to make decisions on their behalf, in the event they are mentally incapacitated - MPs voiced their support.

    TODAYonline 2008

  • As Parliament passed the ground-breaking legislation - which will let Singaporeans grant people they trust (called "donees") power of attorney to make decisions on their behalf, in the event they are mentally incapacitated - MPs voiced their support.

    TODAYonline 2008

  • However, the threshold for individual politicians – the so-called “regulated donees” – is much lower at just £1,000.

    Archive 2008-03-01 Not a sheep 2008

  • So many “donees” claim mail-in rebates or other financial benefits that the FDA has stepped in to protect unsuspecting check-out girls, yearning to take their cigarette break, who sometimes overlook the formalities of anatomical gift-giving.

    Your Anatomical Gift Advisor 2010

  • Indeed, if the donors do not reduce their consumption of energy and the donees continue to cut down their trees, then in reality we have made absolutely no progress toward reducing global warming.

    Are Conservation Groups Subverting Action on Global Warming? - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • The top 10 donees in Congress received $2.2 million from health insurers and $3.3 million from drug companies.

    Jamie Court: Will Baucus's HMO and Drug Company Bucks Foil Obamacare? 2009

  • The USCCB announced last year that they weren't giving any more money to ACORN; yet most of the CHD's other donees are still ACORN knock-offs, if not fronts.

    Soft hearts are usually accompanied by softer brains Dymphna 2009

  • Definition of “modern day mother”: purchases donor egg after looking at photos and SAT scores of potential donees; hires suitable woman with gestational womb; picks up newborn baby from hospital; poses for photos; turns baby over to nanny and goes about her business of being a “modern daywoman.”

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Refusal to Consent to Caesarean Section as Neglect of the Child? 2009

  • Consumer Watchdog would be honored to put AIG employees 'dough to work against the insurance industry's agenda in Congress this year, including federal deregulation to gut state insurance laws, where top AIG donees will use AIG's collapse as an excuse, of course.

    Jamie Court: Will the Politicians Give Back Their AIG Bonuses? 2009

  • While Obama certainly has a core of super donors because the odds just dictate that a certain percentage of his supporters will be wealthy, he is currently closing in on 1.5 million donees.

    New Obama Mailer In Pennsylvania Hits Hillary For Taking Money From Lobbyists And PACs 2009

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