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
This year’s proceeds will directly benefit the 2025 beneficiaries: A Step Beyond, Challenged Athletes Foundation, Feeding San Diego, Monarch School, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, and Save The Music Foundation, according to a news release.
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Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2025
There were also concerns that the chief beneficiaries of the Social Security income tax exemption are wealthier taxpayers.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2025
Since the credits’ beneficiaries need a registered address in Bizkaia, key production houses from the rest of Spain started to explore business opportunities there.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 14 May 2025
The rest of the funds will go to the estate of Robert Brown, whose primary beneficiary is expected to be his son, who was 6 years old at the time of the shooting.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
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Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2025
There were also concerns that the chief beneficiaries of the Social Security income tax exemption are wealthier taxpayers.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2025
Since the credits’ beneficiaries need a registered address in Bizkaia, key production houses from the rest of Spain started to explore business opportunities there.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 14 May 2025
The rest of the funds will go to the estate of Robert Brown, whose primary beneficiary is expected to be his son, who was 6 years old at the time of the shooting.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneficiary
Noun
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The claimant sought to pierce the trust to reach assets held in limited liability companies and the Court refused.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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But given that there are several types of benefits going out to 70 million payees, not every claimant receives their money at the same time.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
Noun
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Mu-jin, who stands to lose everything if Hong-rang is reinstated as guild heir, teams up with his adoptive younger sister Jae-yi to prove Lee’s character is not the Hong-rang.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
16 May 2025
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The original 1916 trophy is named after department store heir Rodman Wanamaker who was instrumental in the creation of the PGA of America.—
Patrick Snell,
CNN Money,
15 May 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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This allows collaboratives like the CARE Fund to bring funders and grantees together to assess needs and develop strategy.—
Tom Chiodo,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Contractors, vendors and grantees who work with state agencies must follow the same restrictions, and are barred from storing the data.—
Addison Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
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“Beneficiary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficiary. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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