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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
Social Security benefits are typically disbursed to its nearly 74 million beneficiaries on Wednesdays, but your exact payment date depends on your birthdate.
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Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 28 Feb. 2026
What does accountability look like when the biggest financial beneficiaries stay invisible?
—Matt Parr, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
Alabama is the only state that offers no dental coverage for adult beneficiaries.
—Phil Galewitz, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Here are some of the HALO beneficiaries that Bank of America’s sales desk identified.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2026
That includes the 24% controlled by Peter Seidler’s trust, of which his widow, Sheel, and their three children are the beneficiaries.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
One of the potential beneficiaries is Robert Lillis.
—Joe Palca, NPR, 26 Feb. 2026
The organization was only aware of a handful of DACA beneficiaries being deported until Wednesday, said Juliana Macedo do Nascimento, a spokesperson for United We Dream.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 25 Feb. 2026
The amount beneficiaries receive varies based on several factors, including the number of people filing.
—Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 21 Feb. 2026
Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 28 Feb. 2026
What does accountability look like when the biggest financial beneficiaries stay invisible?
—Matt Parr, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
Alabama is the only state that offers no dental coverage for adult beneficiaries.
—Phil Galewitz, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Here are some of the HALO beneficiaries that Bank of America’s sales desk identified.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2026
That includes the 24% controlled by Peter Seidler’s trust, of which his widow, Sheel, and their three children are the beneficiaries.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
One of the potential beneficiaries is Robert Lillis.
—Joe Palca, NPR, 26 Feb. 2026
The organization was only aware of a handful of DACA beneficiaries being deported until Wednesday, said Juliana Macedo do Nascimento, a spokesperson for United We Dream.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 25 Feb. 2026
The amount beneficiaries receive varies based on several factors, including the number of people filing.
—Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 21 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneficiaries
Noun
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Over the course of a single day, multiple cases unfold as claimants and defendants face off with the support of barristers and independent arbitrators.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
22 Feb. 2026
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About 76 of those claimants allege abuses from the 1940s through 1970s, while an additional 45 to 50 allege abuses in the 1980s.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2026
Noun
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He’s made a living—and a formidable IMDB page—by helping writers and their heirs reclaim rights that were signed away decades ago.—
Tom Dotan,
Vanity Fair,
23 Feb. 2026
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Usually, the heirs have 6 to 12 months to carry out their plan.—
Kelsey Neubauer,
CNBC,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Beneficiaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficiaries. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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