How to Use recipient in a Sentence

recipient

noun
  • Some states take steps to waive or forgive those amounts, since the mistakes are not the fault of aid recipients.
    Tony Romm, Anchorage Daily News, 11 May 2023
  • But in such cases, the recipients would also have to agree to abide by the lock-up agreement.
    Stan Choe, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Many of the recipients who claimed to have received payouts from Twitter live on the far-right side of the spectrum.
    Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 14 July 2023
  • And there’s a decent chance young Aztecs fans could be the recipient of more size 13s next season.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Still, at least one recipient took the Grammys to task for past female snubs.
    Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2024
  • As usual, the award came as a surprise to its recipients.
    Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The donor cats are always adopted by the family of the recipient, Schmiedt said.
    Allie Weintraub, ABC News, 6 June 2023
  • Once purchased, the gift giver scans the QR code to add money to the card, and then then recipient scans the code to add the money to their Venmo account.
    Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Training includes sessions where the recipient gets to know the dog and the two spend time together.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The food was paid for — and sometimes came with tips for the drivers, who, recipients said, mostly seemed undisturbed.
    Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
  • The luxe medal may be the priciest item on our list, but your recipient will undoubtedly wear it for years to come.
    Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2023
  • That’s why one of her go-to moves is to order up snaps of herself and the gift recipient to place in a sleek frame, like this pick from Waterford.
    Sarah Grossbart, wsj.com, 14 Nov. 2023
  • In a statement, Blanchett, 54, spoke about the tremendous impact of the Earthshot Prize recipients' work.
    Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Once approved, that provider can be a friend or relative, or the care recipient can hire an IHSS provider through the county.
    Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Means also noticed that someone had added to the list of recipients.
    Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
  • After the procedure, the donor stem cells may attack the recipient’s body or fail to take over the role of producing new blood cells.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Two other groups in Texas were among the recipients of the HHS harm reduction program.
    Landon Mion, Fox News, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Two months later, the organ failed suddenly, and the recipient passed away.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Sanders, who was announced as the latest recipient of the iconic award Thursday, led Colorado to a 4-8 record in his first season in charge.
    Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • We were included in an e-mail blast shilling for a political cause whose recipients weren’t bbc’d, or our kids went to the same preschool.
    Bill Scheft, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Reeves is the first recipient of the Lance Reddick Legacy Award, which was launched to honor the actor following his death last year at age 60.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The fewer than 1 million recipients who still subscribe to the DVD service will be able to keep the final discs that land in their mailboxes.
    Michael Liedtke, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Alternately, wrap the gifts in plain craft paper and write meaningful notes that show your love to the recipient and hint at the gift inside.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Bradley Cooper, the recipient of this year's Icon Award, used his speech to praise every other honoree.
    Mario Abad, Vogue, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The winners are the recipients of the fees: large insurers and payment processors like Zelis.
    Cezary Podkul, ProPublica, 12 Dec. 2023
  • For years, Egypt was the second largest recipient of U.S. aid, second only to Israel.
    Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Nate, the 18-year-old Nik had met in treatment, was the organization’s first wish recipient.
    Meg Dunn, CNN, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The amount of money each recipient gets depends on their age at retirement.
    Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 10 May 2023
  • In 1973, Anderson-Towns was the first recipient of a college scholarship in Moore's name.
    Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The benefit kicks in on a staggered, weekly basis, according to the recipient’s date of birth.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2023

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