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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
Workers, Obamacare enrollees and Medicare beneficiaries are all contending with steeper-than-usual hikes in their health insurance premiums for 2026 – yet another stressor in the nation’s affordability crisis.
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Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) first began to temporarily pay clinicians to provide telehealth services for Medicare beneficiaries on March 6, 2020 as the pandemic began.
—Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
The foundation’s motivation for its move is to accelerate giving to global health, poverty, and education, helping beneficiaries take ambitious bets now rather than maintaining operations indefinitely.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
The elaborate operation involved shipping thousands of medically unnecessary orthotic braces to Medicare beneficiaries across the country and billing taxpayers for the cost.
—Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
The marketers who were paid kickbacks and bribes used telemedicine companies in order to obtain doctors’ orders, many of which were written by doctors who did not have an existing relationship with the beneficiaries.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
The intelligence assessment notes that dozens of companies linked to the group frequently rotate formal ownership and executive roles among family members, a structure investigators say is designed to complicate oversight, dilute legal exposure, and obscure ultimate beneficiaries.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
Defense stocks, including Lockheed Martin , are seen as beneficiaries of rising military spending and escalating global tensions.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2026
Between 2019 and 2025, the number of former state workers and their beneficiaries who receive pension benefits while still living in California increased by 11%.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) first began to temporarily pay clinicians to provide telehealth services for Medicare beneficiaries on March 6, 2020 as the pandemic began.
—Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
The foundation’s motivation for its move is to accelerate giving to global health, poverty, and education, helping beneficiaries take ambitious bets now rather than maintaining operations indefinitely.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
The elaborate operation involved shipping thousands of medically unnecessary orthotic braces to Medicare beneficiaries across the country and billing taxpayers for the cost.
—Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
The marketers who were paid kickbacks and bribes used telemedicine companies in order to obtain doctors’ orders, many of which were written by doctors who did not have an existing relationship with the beneficiaries.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
The intelligence assessment notes that dozens of companies linked to the group frequently rotate formal ownership and executive roles among family members, a structure investigators say is designed to complicate oversight, dilute legal exposure, and obscure ultimate beneficiaries.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
Defense stocks, including Lockheed Martin , are seen as beneficiaries of rising military spending and escalating global tensions.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2026
Between 2019 and 2025, the number of former state workers and their beneficiaries who receive pension benefits while still living in California increased by 11%.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneficiaries
Noun
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Payments for each device are capped at $20, but claimants may receive less depending on the total number of claims submitted.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
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Some claimants alleged the Google devices recorded private conversations about financial issues, personal decisions and employment.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Ultra rich families are increasingly using their personal investment firms to bring millennial and Generation Z heirs into the fold.—
Hayley Cuccinello,
CNBC,
22 Jan. 2026
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So far, nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires across 24 countries have signed the letter condemning extreme wealth, including the likes of Hollywood actor Mark Ruffalo, Disney heirs Abby and Tim Disney, and real estate developer Jeffrey Gural.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Beneficiaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficiaries. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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