beneficiaries

Definition of beneficiariesnext
plural of beneficiary
as in claimants
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 beneficiaries In his video, Oz made at least two other claims about New York that Medicaid advocates and beneficiaries say distorted the facts. Ali Swenson, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2026 The company and its peer Lumentum are both beneficiaries of the artificial intelligence revolution and both have investments from Nvidia . Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026 CoreWeave has been one of the chief beneficiaries of a race among major technology companies to build AI models that has sent demand for computing demand soaring. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026 Any pastor or priest, politician or podcaster, who charges that the modern children of Israel are anything other than the direct descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and the beneficiaries of God’s unbreakable covenant with Israel, Hagee said, is not preaching the word of God. Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026 Both are named as beneficiaries of Epstein's estate. Ava Berger, NPR, 8 Apr. 2026 The amount beneficiaries receive varies based on several factors, including the number of people filing. Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 4 Apr. 2026 If Social Security reserves run out as currently projected around 2033, beneficiaries will face an automatic cut of 23 percent, with potentially more to come if inaction continues. Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026 Adam and Lorca Cohen each collected $18 million directly from the sale, Kory collected $7 million, and the balance went to the family trust, of which Adam and Lorca are the beneficiaries. Gene Maddaus, Variety, 3 Apr. 2026
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Noun
  • Mass arbitration — where 25 or more claims against the same company are pooled together — have become more common and provide a greater likelihood of settlement awards for claimants.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Those claims were denied, leaving claimants until late July to file lawsuits.
    Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2026
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  • In the years since, the collection has been subject to numerous claims from alleged heirs, including distant cousins and half-siblings, according to a 2024 report by El País.
    Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
  • All of these routes risk undesirable tax consequences or, perhaps worse, ire from heirs.
    Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026

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“Beneficiaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficiaries. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.

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