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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
For some Obamacare beneficiaries, premiums are expected to more than double, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation (aka KFF), a nonprofit health care research organization.
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Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
This includes everything from surveying and certifying nursing homes to assisting Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries and overseeing contracts or extra payments to rural ambulance providers.
—Simon F. Haeder, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Even with a pending renewal, lawyers emphasized that beneficiaries are protected from deportation in the interim.
—Veronica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
After that, both new and current WIC beneficiaries will start to see their benefits impacted, especially those in areas without state funds to supplement the loss of federal dollars, Hard said.
—Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2025
One quarter of Medicare beneficiaries utilized a telehealth service in 2024, according to CMS.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
The Social Security Administration’s last contingency plan envisioned furloughing thousands of employees—a scale that could again slow responses for beneficiaries needing assistance.
—Nik Popli, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
Other local beneficiaries include Scout troops, Feeding San Diego, NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness), Poway Center for the Performing Arts, Poway Robotics, Rancho Bernardo Historical Society, Rancho Bernardo’s Spirit of the Fourth, Solutions for Change and Toys for Tots.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
One of the beneficiaries of this movement was Europe , where investors saw a stable but undervalued market.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
This includes everything from surveying and certifying nursing homes to assisting Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries and overseeing contracts or extra payments to rural ambulance providers.
—Simon F. Haeder, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Even with a pending renewal, lawyers emphasized that beneficiaries are protected from deportation in the interim.
—Veronica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
After that, both new and current WIC beneficiaries will start to see their benefits impacted, especially those in areas without state funds to supplement the loss of federal dollars, Hard said.
—Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2025
One quarter of Medicare beneficiaries utilized a telehealth service in 2024, according to CMS.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
The Social Security Administration’s last contingency plan envisioned furloughing thousands of employees—a scale that could again slow responses for beneficiaries needing assistance.
—Nik Popli, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
Other local beneficiaries include Scout troops, Feeding San Diego, NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness), Poway Center for the Performing Arts, Poway Robotics, Rancho Bernardo Historical Society, Rancho Bernardo’s Spirit of the Fourth, Solutions for Change and Toys for Tots.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
One of the beneficiaries of this movement was Europe , where investors saw a stable but undervalued market.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneficiaries
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Other notable Guinness heirs include fashion Daphne Guinness, designer Jasmine Guinness, Julia Samuel, and Hugo Guinness.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
1 Oct. 2025
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The male heirs of the Baskerville family are being dispatched one by one.—
Meredith G. White,
AZCentral.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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When Intake Data Doesn’t Hold Up Too often, law firms retain thousands of claimants who, on paper, appear to meet the legal criteria.—
Arnold Sotelo,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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While the total settlement was among the largest in tech privacy history, individual payouts are expected to be modest due to the scale of claimants.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Beneficiaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficiaries. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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