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
Another potential beneficiary is the predictions market, which isn’t regulated like gambling.
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Bart Jansen, USA Today, 10 July 2025
The flawed, partisan message shows that the current administration doesn’t care enough about that trust to make sure that its communications with its beneficiaries and the public meet the highest standards, as millions of Americans had come to expect.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
Since the Social Security Fairness Act went into effect, retroactive payments were sent out to beneficiaries in March and April, triggering monthly income to temporarily rise for nearly 3 million recipients.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
Among the beneficiaries are rural areas of a North Idaho county.
—Amaia Gavica
july 7, Idaho Statesman, 7 July 2025
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Bart Jansen, USA Today, 10 July 2025
The flawed, partisan message shows that the current administration doesn’t care enough about that trust to make sure that its communications with its beneficiaries and the public meet the highest standards, as millions of Americans had come to expect.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
Since the Social Security Fairness Act went into effect, retroactive payments were sent out to beneficiaries in March and April, triggering monthly income to temporarily rise for nearly 3 million recipients.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
Among the beneficiaries are rural areas of a North Idaho county.
—Amaia Gavica
july 7, Idaho Statesman, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneficiary
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Meanwhile, the states and district with the highest share of SALT claimants were Washington, D.C., Maryland, California, Utah and Virginia, the analysis found.—
Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,
CNBC,
3 July 2025
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Advertisement Regarding Universal Credit, three million claimants currently have no requirement to find work due to their health.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
2 July 2025
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At one point, the heir to the throne was shown kissing his wife on the cheek.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
9 July 2025
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For years, Williams was seen as the logical heir to Tim Cook.—
Nate Bennett,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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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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Employees were planning events with Wayfarer’s nonprofit grantees.—
Monica Hunter-Hart,
Forbes.com,
4 July 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.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 June 2025
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“Beneficiary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficiary. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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