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 More than 5 million Medicare beneficiaries have a diagnosis of dementia. — Jordan Rau, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026 In select global locations, a percentage of proceeds will benefit local Pink Pony beneficiaries. — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026 Semiconductor makers, hardware companies and other AI infrastructure beneficiaries have benefited from enormous capital spending, while companies outside the AI trade have struggled to keep up. — Deena Zaidi,nick Wells, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026 Most nondisabled beneficiaries under 65 already work The new mandate applies to up to 20 million lower-income adults without children at home who are enrolled in Medicaid through an optional expansion in 40 states and the District of Columbia. — Geoff Mulvihill, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026 That figure included spending by beneficiaries of the cash-transfer federal welfare program Bolsa Familia (Family Grant), which was blocked from those platforms last year. — ABC News, 25 Sep. 2026 Many beneficiaries have said their problems began after Tricare switched the companies that administer the program in early 2025. — Jason Kane, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2026 Proposition 37 is a taxpayer freebie, a $25-billion bond repaid solely by homebuyer beneficiaries. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026 The group includes at least 113 former beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status, who were deported mere days after being detained in the United States, according to Haitian government records. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneficiaries
Noun
  • But half of the claimants dropped their suit, and Levi maintained that they were being threatened or paid off.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Only about a third resulted in discretionary payments, totaling less than 4% of what claimants had sought.
    — Michelle Gumede, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Because assets remaining in the trust will generally pass to charity, life insurance is sometimes incorporated into the estate plan to replace wealth for the seller’s heirs.
    — D. Scott Kenik, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The same is true in cases where a former prisoner dies and leaves money or other assets to their children, spouses and heirs.
    — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026

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“Beneficiaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficiaries. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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