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- noun Plural form of
contribution .
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Examples
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Hey, how much she get in contributions from the unsuspecting for her defense fund, remember.
Palin repays state for some of her children's travel expenses 2009
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Will he and all of his repub cronies lose the millions in contributions from the pharmaceuical and health insurance companies if health care reform passes?
McConnell: Public option a nonstarter for Senate Republicans 2009
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Any politician who has accepted huge campagin contributions from the Insurance Industry or Big Pharma has ZERO credibility on the issue of healthcare overhaul! johnny Todd
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Wonder how much he's gotten in contributions from the industry?
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In his two terms, Gohmert has received $22,500 in contributions from the coal sector and $212,313 from Big Oil — enough to pay a mythical $3100 tax for 76 years.
Wonk Room » Rep. Louie Gohmert Bashes Economist John Reilly: ‘He May Go To M-I-T But He Is An N-U-T’ 2009
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In the end, I imagine that Mozilla is going to be the project that pulls in contributions from the community, whereas Chrome is going to be more-or-less whatever Google dishes out.
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But if those same candidates are taking millions of dollars in contributions from the PACs and lobbyists, ask yourself, who are they going to be toasting once the election is over?
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I am not sure what “it” is, beyond your assertion that your dislike of my contributions is a popular position.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Sixth Now the “Most Reversed” Circuit? 2010
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The scientific value of their contributions is therefore not limited to their formulation of the theorems themselves, but also derives to perhaps a like degree from their introduction of a new analytical method in the corporate finance discipline.
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Similarly, for the £11 billion a year we pay in "contributions" to the EU each year – nearly twice our annual defence procurement budget – I suspect we could buy a great deal more influence if we spent it on "toys" – provided, of course, we did not fritter it away on the European Rapid Reaction Force, and spent it on kit that was actually fit for purpose.
Mystery solved Richard 2006
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