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
In Cohen’s telling, the work is slower, the quality is lower, and there aren’t enough workers available; the primary beneficiaries are the agencies.
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Nirit Peled,
New Yorker,
26 June 2026
As of March 31, 2025, there were about 404,000 beneficiaries of TPS in the Sunshine State.
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Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2026
Gillibrand and Schmitt have always been supportive of ABA benefits for TRICARE beneficiaries, Cabiao said.
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Jason Kane,
NBC news,
26 June 2026
After the beneficiary reaches age 18, the account is considered to be a traditional IRA, not a Roth or Simple IRA.
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Elliot Raphaelson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for beneficiary
Nirit Peled,
New Yorker,
26 June 2026
As of March 31, 2025, there were about 404,000 beneficiaries of TPS in the Sunshine State.
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Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2026
Gillibrand and Schmitt have always been supportive of ABA benefits for TRICARE beneficiaries, Cabiao said.
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Jason Kane,
NBC news,
26 June 2026
After the beneficiary reaches age 18, the account is considered to be a traditional IRA, not a Roth or Simple IRA.
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Elliot Raphaelson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneficiary
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The claimants are asking for $10 million against each respondent and said their damages include medical care, psychological and counseling care and pain, suffering and mental anguish.
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The dispute also crosses borders, with a British claimant based in Dubai, a German defendant based in France, companies incorporated in Dubai, business plans connected to England, Africa and the Gulf and an alleged repayment obligation that was meant to be settled in bitcoin.
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Lander has argued Goldman, the multimillionaire heir to the Levi jeans fortune, embodies establishment, corporate interests that corrupt the Democratic Party.
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Scholars largely agree that one wealthy Delft couple, the brewing heir Pieter Claesz van Ruijven and his wife, Maria de Knuijt, were his primary patrons.
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Agents in Jira are generally available, allowing teams to assign work items to AI agents using the same interface as for human assignees, with full audit logging designed for compliance teams.
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To assign a task, simply tick a box, add a description, choose assignees, and input an optional due date.
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In that environment, the organizations and funders who keep operating as if every problem can be solved by a single grantee will deliver diminishing returns.
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Each agency shall assess grant conditions and grantee preferences and ensure grant funds do not promote gender ideology.
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“Beneficiary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficiary. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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