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 Cars, previously among the biggest beneficiaries, have their own 25% tariff problem. — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026 Musk, who runs both firms, was poised to become one of the biggest beneficiaries of Republican victories and spent hundreds of millions of dollars in support of GOP candidates. — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 4 Nov. 2026 But many beneficiaries often wonder if that money comes with a tax burden. — Aly J Yale, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026 His former teachers and classmates, as well as the parents of the first beneficiaries, came together to celebrate his memory and to console his parents. — David Super, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2026 Trump account beneficiaries can also choose to roll the investment over to a Roth IRA account. — Adriana Morga, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026 The Dallas Museum of Art, Nasher Sculpture Center, and Dallas Contemporary will remain beneficiaries of the fair’s opening gala. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 29 Oct. 2026 Luria singled out hyperscalers Amazon and Alphabet along with chipmaker Broadcom as key beneficiaries of Anthropic's IPO. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026 The Bancroft family controlled 64% of Dow Jones’ vote with less than 25% of its equity, but its Class B shares sat in a series of trusts whose roughly 35 beneficiaries didn’t have to vote together. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneficiaries
Noun
  • About 2% of the offers have been declined, while more than 4,450 claimants have been paid, totaling about $625 million.
    — Tony Saavedra, Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Though the complaint alleged that Full Sail University was part of the fraud, the judge found that the claimants had failed to offer any details pertaining to that school.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Life insurance can help provide the money an estate needs to cover those liabilities, allowing heirs to avoid selling valuable assets simply to pay a tax bill.
    — Dan Avery, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Michael’s only daughter says she has been forced to spend her own resources to ask the court to order a partial distribution of $600 million to the heirs’ family trust as the beneficiary of Jackson’s estate.
    — Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2026

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“Beneficiaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficiaries. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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