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 The amount beneficiaries receive varies based on several factors, including the number of people filing. —

Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 8 Mar. 2026 Another bipartisan proposal from 2025, the SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act, calls for adjusting the asset limits for beneficiaries up to $10,000. —

Lorie Konish, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026 Christian schools and the students who attend them are, by far, the biggest beneficiaries, according to data from Step up for Students, a non-profit organization that administers most of the program. —

Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2026 The letter flagged specific areas of concern, including a high proportion of New York's Medicaid beneficiaries receiving personal care services related to daily living activities like bathing, grooming and meal preparation. —

ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026 But the biggest beneficiaries of the tax changes are, yet again, the highest earners, said Justin Fox in Bloomberg. —

The Week Us, TheWeek, 4 Mar. 2026 Other beneficiaries will include the Fort Osage School District, Mid-Continent Library system and Metropolitan Community College system, along with Jackson County. —

Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026 The ratio of workers to beneficiaries has plummeted from 10 or more in the mid-20th century to merely two or three today. —

Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026 Social Security benefits are typically disbursed to its nearly 74 million beneficiaries on Wednesdays, but your exact payment date depends on your birthdate. —

Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 28 Feb. 2026

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Some, like Espinoza, continued to give asylum claimants and their lawyers 10 days or more to respond to a motion from DHS to dismiss their cases.

— Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
For 10 years — and counting — lawyers and judges have attempted to determine what claimants are due and whether Pacquiao in particular suffered reputational damage along the way.

— Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026