receiving end
noun
: the position of being a recipient or especially a victim
—usually used in the phrase on the receiving end
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The goal scorer on the receiving end of Marchand’s assist?
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2025
Eight years into what has become a 21st-Century tariff renaissance now sustained by two presidential administrations, lobbyists are again on the receiving end of pleas—and payments—from firms desperate to stave off a new round of duties.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Further, the countries at the receiving end deserve to be spared the insidious effects of ideological colonization.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Most shares are bound to end up on the receiving end of judgment, and such is the case with home improvement guru Joanna Gaines, who recently posted a photo of herself on Instagram cooking on the stove, with her 6-year-old son, Crew, looking on.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 19 Feb. 2025
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2025
Eight years into what has become a 21st-Century tariff renaissance now sustained by two presidential administrations, lobbyists are again on the receiving end of pleas—and payments—from firms desperate to stave off a new round of duties.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Further, the countries at the receiving end deserve to be spared the insidious effects of ideological colonization.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Most shares are bound to end up on the receiving end of judgment, and such is the case with home improvement guru Joanna Gaines, who recently posted a photo of herself on Instagram cooking on the stove, with her 6-year-old son, Crew, looking on.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Receiving end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/receiving%20end. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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