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
Whoever gets you next will be the beneficiary of competence and class.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 7 Jan. 2026
Consider Medicare Advantage plans, which enroll more than half of Medicare beneficiaries.
—Robert Romano, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
Unfortunately, a shoulder injury kept Achane from suiting up and the two biggest beneficiaries of his absence – Jaylen Wright and Ollie Gordon II – didn’t step up.
—Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2026
On the second Wednesday of the month, payments are issued for beneficiaries whose birthday falls between the first and 10th days of the month (this month, that lands on Jan. 14), according to the Social Security Administration’s calendar.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 7 Jan. 2026
Consider Medicare Advantage plans, which enroll more than half of Medicare beneficiaries.
—Robert Romano, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
Unfortunately, a shoulder injury kept Achane from suiting up and the two biggest beneficiaries of his absence – Jaylen Wright and Ollie Gordon II – didn’t step up.
—Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2026
On the second Wednesday of the month, payments are issued for beneficiaries whose birthday falls between the first and 10th days of the month (this month, that lands on Jan. 14), according to the Social Security Administration’s calendar.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneficiary
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True to form, Lowell had her own version of events, telling a local paper that one of the claimants had brought a gang of thieves to her farm and threatened to kill her husband.—
Michael Waters,
New Yorker,
3 Jan. 2026
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Unclaimed property scam On its website, the state treasury has a warning about scammers using text messages to target potential unclaimed property claimants.—
Michael Guise,
CBS News,
19 Dec. 2025
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Motier Ventures, one of the most active family offices per Fintrx’s data, was founded by Guillaume Houzé, the 44-year-old, fifth-generation heir to French department store chain Galeries Lafayette.—
Hayley Cuccinello,
CNBC,
8 Jan. 2026
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Still, the predominant image of Levi Strauss heir Lurie is that of an earnest problem solver blending private sector agility with an ability to experiment with public policy.—
Thomas D. Elias,
Oc Register,
8 Jan. 2026
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Sometimes, assignees need to do tasks in a certain order, and the completion of some tasks might change what future tasks entail.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
21 July 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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Because Scott’s gifts are unrestricted—meaning the donation can be used at the discretion of the grantee—there’s no concrete evidence that Scott’s 2021 or 2025 donations went directly to SJP or AMP.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
6 Jan. 2026
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Federal appeals court judges on Monday upheld a lower court’s ruling preventing the National Institutes of Health from cutting billions of dollars in support for research overhead at universities, academic medical centers, and other grantee institutions.—
Jonathan Wosen,
STAT,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Beneficiary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficiary. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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