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Recent Examples of assignee Sometimes, assignees need to do tasks in a certain order, and the completion of some tasks might change what future tasks entail. PC Magazine, 21 July 2025 As a mere assignee of Addington's interest, BAL did not gain Addington's governance rights. Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025 The Senate bill would appear to revive incentives for benefit assignees, such as water restoration companies or roof contractors — not just policyholders — to sue insurers. Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025 After all, Qualcomm recently surpassed IBM as the number-two patent assignee in the U.S.. Anshel Sag, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 The data looks at the assignees for both regular utility and design patents and was limited to assignees that received at least 10 patents within the year. al, 22 June 2023 Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC, assignee. Eunice Liu, Discover Magazine, 7 July 2015
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Noun
  • Israel’s top diplomat at the United Nations dismissed delegates who walked out before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address.
    Staff, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Representatives from the Writers Guild of America (West & East), Writers’ Guild of Great Britain and Writers Guild of Canada are confirmed as attending, along with delegates from European guilds, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Africa and other parts of Asia.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) has named multidisciplinary artist Nilbar Güreş, known for her humorous, poetic, yet critical works commenting on social topics, as Turkey’s representative to the Sixty-First Venice Biennale, set to take place May 9–November 22, 2026.
    News Desk, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
  • That was the hammer Kaprizov and his representatives wielded, in an environment where so few superstars hit free agency despite unprecedented year-over-year cap growth.
    James Mirtle, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Merck’s shares jumped over 5%, amid an announcement that deputy CEO Kai Beckmann will take the reins currently held by CEO Belén Garijo.
    Tasmin Lockwood,Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • This includes 30 people in Bogo City, a coastal city near to the epicentre of the earthquake with a population of 90,000, ABC News and the BBC reported, citing OCD deputy administrator Bernardo Alejandro.
    Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Federal immigration agents carried out a weeklong enforcement campaign across central Florida that led to the arrest of more than 400 migrants without legal status, officials say.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • His plan is to pose as a Fish & Wildlife agent, there to question Catalina’s husband about poaching … and then what?
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Union attorneys argue the OMB overstepped its legal authority, asserting that federal law does not permit reductions in force during a lapse in appropriations.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Graf asked after attorneys for both sides had introduced themselves.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Fried was at 102 pitches, but on the other side of the field, Boston manager Alex Cora allowed his ace, Garrett Crochet, to throw 117.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Abdi is repped by SMS Talent and Haven Entertainment; Simone by Buchwald, manager LaNise Oppong, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman; Granese by Untitled Entertainment and Jackoway Austen Tyerman; and Silverman by Authentic and Brave Artists Management.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Assignee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assignee. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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