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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Over time, the person on the receiving end becomes distrustful of you.
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Tessa West, Contributor, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
As a result, the person on the receiving end continues to mentally replay the situation, trying to fill in the gaps and gain understanding.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
The goal scorer on the receiving end of Marchand’s assist?
—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
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Tessa West, Contributor, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
As a result, the person on the receiving end continues to mentally replay the situation, trying to fill in the gaps and gain understanding.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
The goal scorer on the receiving end of Marchand’s assist?
—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
See All Example Sentences for receiving end
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“Receiving end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/receiving%20end. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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