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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
Today, tens of millions of Medicare beneficiaries rely on Part D to afford their medications.
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Jeffrey Kopp, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
This means that the biggest beneficiaries are the companies lower in the stack, including chipmakers like NVIDIA—and Oracle, which owns and operates data centers which provide cloud infrastructure to other AI companies.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Any increase would begin showing up in beneficiaries' checks starting January 2026.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Premium increases are forecast to also impact Medicare beneficiaries.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Local stations, on average, have been bigger beneficiaries of federal dollars through CPB.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
Medicare trustees estimate that more than 33 million Medicare beneficiaries are currently on free-standing Part D plans in 2025.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
The gains are mostly centered around technology and beneficiaries of the AI Infrastructure buildout, while most consumer stocks and health care lagged.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Florida is the state by far with the biggest population of TPS holders, with 403,965 beneficiaries living there.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Jeffrey Kopp, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
This means that the biggest beneficiaries are the companies lower in the stack, including chipmakers like NVIDIA—and Oracle, which owns and operates data centers which provide cloud infrastructure to other AI companies.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Any increase would begin showing up in beneficiaries' checks starting January 2026.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Premium increases are forecast to also impact Medicare beneficiaries.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Local stations, on average, have been bigger beneficiaries of federal dollars through CPB.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
Medicare trustees estimate that more than 33 million Medicare beneficiaries are currently on free-standing Part D plans in 2025.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
The gains are mostly centered around technology and beneficiaries of the AI Infrastructure buildout, while most consumer stocks and health care lagged.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Florida is the state by far with the biggest population of TPS holders, with 403,965 beneficiaries living there.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneficiaries
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Alluca’s clients include tech founders, private investors, and next-gen heirs.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Under the agreement, Lachlan is buying out the stakes of three of Rupert Murdoch’s other children — James Murdoch, Prudence MacLeod and Elisabeth Murdoch — who had challenged their father’s ability to restructure his heirs’ oversight of both corporations.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
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Pioneer Press has also reached out to the Libertyville school districts as an unverified current town name being floated by claimants.—
Karie Angell Luc,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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The winning numbers from Wednesday's draw—9, 12, 22, 41, 61 and Powerball 25—produced several million-dollar winners but no jackpot claimants.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Beneficiaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficiaries. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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