as in claimant
someone who inherits something when someone dies
He named his only child as the beneficiary on his life insurance policy.
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Recent Examples of beneficiary
Two of Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC’s largest beneficiaries at the legislature were Rep. Janie Lopez and Sen. Adam Hinojosa, who received $854,849 and $700,000 from the PAC, respectively.
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Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
Unclaimed prizes in Virginia go to the state's literary fund, while all unclaimed prizes at the end of the fiscal year in Idaho go to the state's lottery beneficiaries, including its public schools.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 17 June 2025
Retirement age, the amount paid into Social Security, and the number of years paid into Social Security all affect how much beneficiaries receive from the program.
—Annabella Rosciglione, The Washington Examiner, 15 June 2025
At the same time, the bill would increase how often Medicaid beneficiaries have to reapply to the program to keep their coverage from once every 12 months to twice a year.
—Simon F. Haeder, The Conversation, 13 June 2025
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Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
Unclaimed prizes in Virginia go to the state's literary fund, while all unclaimed prizes at the end of the fiscal year in Idaho go to the state's lottery beneficiaries, including its public schools.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 17 June 2025
Retirement age, the amount paid into Social Security, and the number of years paid into Social Security all affect how much beneficiaries receive from the program.
—Annabella Rosciglione, The Washington Examiner, 15 June 2025
At the same time, the bill would increase how often Medicaid beneficiaries have to reapply to the program to keep their coverage from once every 12 months to twice a year.
—Simon F. Haeder, The Conversation, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneficiary
Noun
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Payments are administered in one lump sum for most recipients, but because of the large number of recipients, not every claimant receives their payment on the same date each month.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 June 2025
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Yet, Canada continues to regard the U.S. as a safe haven for refugee claimants.—
Andy J. Semotiuk,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
Noun
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The Pole is entering the last year of his contract signed when joining from Bayern Munich in the ‘economic levers’ summer of 2022, and Barca as of yet has no natural heir for him other than winger Ferran Torres or Dani Olmo playing as a false 9.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Then, in the wake of the monarchy’s fall and the eventual death of the royal family, the rare gems were placed in the possession of Duchess Marie-Thérèse de Angoulême, the family’s sole heir.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
18 June 2025
Noun
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The result that the purchaser at the judicial sale ends up only as an assignee of the distributional rights, but without governance rights, is the result that will ordinarily be obtained outside of bankruptcy too.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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As a mere assignee of Addington's interest, BAL did not gain Addington's governance rights.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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The actions of the Administration to reject potential grantees for political reasons and to cut the budget to a small fraction repudiate these values.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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In a filing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia late last week, however, the Labor Department argued that a district court lacked the jurisdiction to grant relief to a federal grantee seeking contractual remedy over a federal grant agreement.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
29 May 2025
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“Beneficiary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficiary. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.
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