beneficiaries

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 The change could mean higher Medicare Part D premiums for millions of beneficiaries in 2027. Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 29 July 2026 Some beneficiaries want to preserve the collection, while others would rather receive distributions. Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 29 July 2026 For example, even if a stock plan normally permits optionholders just 90 days to exercise after a termination of employment, the plan is likely to allow estates or beneficiaries up to one year from the date of death. Bruce Brumberg, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 The selloff in chip stocks and AI-beneficiaries was holding back the market’s attempt at a rally. Jeff Marks, CNBC, 27 July 2026 Second, mainstream perspectives disconnect Black liberation struggles from Pan-African and Pan-American efforts to hold the beneficiaries of anti-Black oppression accountable for their unearned gains, regardless of national boundaries. Literary Hub, 27 July 2026 The company expects millennials to be the biggest beneficiaries from the approximately $124 trillion that will be passed down over the coming decades. Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026 Both Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have been big beneficiaries of the AI boom, and the Kospi has soared 60% so far this year even with its 20% drop through July. Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
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  • On Wednesday, July 29, a follow-up hearing began to determine how much of ANL’s legal costs the claimants will be liable for.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
  • The settlement, which is conditioned on 95% of remaining claimants participating, covers some 69,000 cases consolidated in federal court in New Jersey and related cases in state court.
    Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
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  • Cerulli Associates projects that $124 trillion will change hands in the United States through 2048, with $105 trillion flowing to heirs and $18 trillion to charity.
    Penny Abeywardena, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • What is left of a sprawling state apparatus is capable of little more than paying poverty wages to its employees, running hospitals with dwindling supplies, and suppressing any popular challenge to the heirs of Chavez.
    Rafael Osío Cabrices, Time, 20 July 2026

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“Beneficiaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficiaries. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.

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