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 Bijan Robinson, Jahmyr Gibbs and Jonathan Taylor were beneficiaries of that this season. Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 And like Haitians, Salvadoran TPS holders also have a sizeable presence in the US, with the number of beneficiaries estimated at around 170,000 people, many of whom now have US citizen children. Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026 As federal officials have whittled down the countries that still qualify for Temporary Protected Status, Salvadorans make up the largest population of remaining beneficiaries. Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026 By doing this, lowest-income beneficiaries would receive larger benefits, poverty would be reduced, and Social Security's insolvency would be delayed, advocates said. Medora Lee, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026 Two South Florida men were sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a nearly $35 million health care scam after billing Medicare for thousands of orthotic braces sent to beneficiaries who did not need them. Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026 Government, banks, and the stock market The amount beneficiaries receive varies based on several factors, including the number of people filing. Emily Danner, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026 Wolfe initiates DraftKings and Flutter as outperform The firm said both stocks are prediction market beneficiaries. Michael Bloom, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026 Your beneficiary designations on accounts with direct beneficiaries, including retirement accounts, life insurance, and transfer-on-death bank and brokerage accounts. Cicely Jones, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneficiaries
Noun
  • 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
  • In 2000, when a small tanker carrying no liability insurance and no class certificate sank off Abu Dhabi, the Funds paid claimants in the United Arab Emirates anyway.
    Charles Edward Gehrke, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Consider establishing a trust or LLC to hold the property for multiple heirs.
    Mirtha Donastorg, AJC.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • And when wealth falls into their laps, these billionaire heirs are expected to shake things up.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026

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“Beneficiaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficiaries. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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