Thesaurus results for BENEFICIARIES

beneficiaries

noun

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 By the summer of 2023, Joe Shymanski had bought a million-dollar life insurance policy listing his two minor children as beneficiaries. — Nikki Battiste, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026 Mitchell Zuckerman, a cofounder of Art Market Advisors and a former Sotheby’s executive, told me that executors and beneficiaries frequently choose guarantees. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 5 Aug. 2026 The most direct beneficiaries of Boulder’s new short-term rental policy will be hosts. — Tim Komarek, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026 No matter which way the rules move, there are certain things about dealing with SNAP beneficiaries that will always hold up. — Elie Y. Katz, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 After seven years and three trials, a jury found their sons Lyle and Erik, sole beneficiaries of the multimillion-dollar estate, guilty. — USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026 But Medicare Advantage isn’t for everyone — its beneficiaries give up some flexibility and face tougher approvals for services. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026 The change could mean higher Medicare Part D premiums for millions of beneficiaries in 2027. — Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 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

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In order to receive a payment, claimants must prove that 1) Equifax sent a credit report to a third party showing a duplication collection amount, or 2) the duplicate collection account was one of the reasons the claimant was denied credit.

— Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
Maryland changed the law, and claimants no longer receive that interest.

— Mark Lewyn, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2026

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For a while, this kind of durational performance was mostly the province of Madonna’s artier heirs, such as Lady Gaga.

— Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
To settle an estate, someone has to locate all of the deceased person’s assets, pay off their debts, deal with their taxes, talk to all heirs and creditors, file reports with the court, and finally distribute what is left.

— Reid Kress Weisbord, Fortune, 31 July 2026

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