as in claimant
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 beneficiary
Two of Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC’s largest beneficiaries at the legislature were Rep. Janie Lopez and Sen. Adam Hinojosa, who received $854,849 and $700,000 from the PAC, respectively.
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Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
Unclaimed prizes in Virginia go to the state's literary fund, while all unclaimed prizes at the end of the fiscal year in Idaho go to the state's lottery beneficiaries, including its public schools.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 17 June 2025
Retirement age, the amount paid into Social Security, and the number of years paid into Social Security all affect how much beneficiaries receive from the program.
—Annabella Rosciglione, The Washington Examiner, 15 June 2025
At the same time, the bill would increase how often Medicaid beneficiaries have to reapply to the program to keep their coverage from once every 12 months to twice a year.
—Simon F. Haeder, The Conversation, 13 June 2025
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Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
Unclaimed prizes in Virginia go to the state's literary fund, while all unclaimed prizes at the end of the fiscal year in Idaho go to the state's lottery beneficiaries, including its public schools.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 17 June 2025
Retirement age, the amount paid into Social Security, and the number of years paid into Social Security all affect how much beneficiaries receive from the program.
—Annabella Rosciglione, The Washington Examiner, 15 June 2025
At the same time, the bill would increase how often Medicaid beneficiaries have to reapply to the program to keep their coverage from once every 12 months to twice a year.
—Simon F. Haeder, The Conversation, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneficiary
Noun
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This week, benefits are set to be paid on June 25 to claimants born between the 21st and 31st of any calendar month.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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Idaho law requires that tort claims against any state or local government agency be filed before the claimant can sue for damages.—
Carolyn Komatsoulis,
Idaho Statesman,
21 June 2025
Noun
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The Pole is entering the last year of his contract signed when joining from Bayern Munich in the ‘economic levers’ summer of 2022, and Barca as of yet has no natural heir for him other than winger Ferran Torres or Dani Olmo playing as a false 9.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Then, in the wake of the monarchy’s fall and the eventual death of the royal family, the rare gems were placed in the possession of Duchess Marie-Thérèse de Angoulême, the family’s sole heir.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
18 June 2025
Noun
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The result that the purchaser at the judicial sale ends up only as an assignee of the distributional rights, but without governance rights, is the result that will ordinarily be obtained outside of bankruptcy too.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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As a mere assignee of Addington's interest, BAL did not gain Addington's governance rights.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Since January, the lawsuit argues that the administration has used that clause to cancel entire programs and thousands of grants that had been previously awarded to states and grantees.—
Michael Casey,
Denver Post,
25 June 2025
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Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images At the National Endowment for the Humanities, Cavanaugh and Fox notified nearly 1,500 grantees that their awards were terminated, using a nongovernmental Microsoft email account, according to a lawsuit challenging the agency's dismantling.—
Stephen Fowler,
NPR,
17 May 2025
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“Beneficiary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficiary. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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