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 The robotics firm behind China’s famously backflipping humanoids leaped to a remarkable stock market debut Wednesday, with Unitree’s shares closing up 460% as investors rally behind homegrown beneficiaries of the AI boom. — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2026 Audits have repeatedly identified payments made on behalf of ineligible beneficiaries, duplicate claims and providers who should never have remained enrolled. — Sreedhar Potarazu, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2026 These bedrock programs are on even shakier fiscal ground without enough workers to support the burgeoning number of beneficiaries. — Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026 As was widely reported Monday, the siblings who voted to sell the family’s shares assert that four of the six beneficiaries of the Buss trust were needed for a passing vote. — Sam Amick, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026 Summary As fall inspires fresh starts, Social Security Disability Insurance beneficiaries can explore returning to work through the free Ticket to Work Program. — Diane Winiarski, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 The resulting mix of companies' labor intensity and AI sensitivity yields a list of productivity beneficiaries within the Russell 1000. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026 Another would limit COLAs paid to the highest-income beneficiaries to the COLA received by beneficiaries with lower – but still high – incomes. — Medora Lee, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 The nobility was the first to be affected, and the bourgeoisie and the Jews seemed to be the beneficiaries of this development. — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneficiaries
  1. claimants
  2. heirs
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  • Eligible claimants who submit valid claims could receive a share of the settlement fund, with payments based on factors including the home's purchase price, commission paid and the number of claims filed.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Along with the other claimants, he’s expected to have to pay a hefty sum, which will be decided at a hearing on a later date.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of claimants
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  • That was in line with a tradition of Liechtenstein monarchs giving up the reins to their heirs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Thanks to Reagan’s pro-oligarch leanings, his administration drove down inheritance tax requirements, pushing rates down to nearly 50 percent—leaving the heirs of oligarchs with more than enough to quickly rebuild their families’ financial empires.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of heirs

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