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
As part of a modernization effort, the Trump administration will stop sending out paper checks for Social Security beneficiaries soon.
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Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2025
Social Security checks will largely be sent out like normal in August, except for one small exception that some beneficiaries will notice.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 2 Aug. 2025
But the beneficiaries will be Nordstrom, Bloomingdale’s and the independent specialty stores, who don’t have the same cash flow issues.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 1 Aug. 2025
Domestic manufacturers are supposed to be the beneficiaries of the president's trade policies.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 1 Aug. 2025
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Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2025
Social Security checks will largely be sent out like normal in August, except for one small exception that some beneficiaries will notice.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 2 Aug. 2025
But the beneficiaries will be Nordstrom, Bloomingdale’s and the independent specialty stores, who don’t have the same cash flow issues.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 1 Aug. 2025
Domestic manufacturers are supposed to be the beneficiaries of the president's trade policies.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 1 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for beneficiary
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneficiary
Noun
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Creative work inspired by the case is called upon to make a judgement too, to decide whether or not in the end to portray the claimant as genuine or a fraud.—
Nell Stevens
August 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Aug. 2025
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There are multiple claimants to the Panchen Lama and the Karmapa Lama, the second- and third-highest ranking clerics, respectively, in Tibetan Buddhism.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
2 July 2025
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Pressed by reporters about whether Ellison’s Paramount Skydance had a side deal to air public service announcements, the Oracle heir and new CEO of the company said that settlement had been made by prior leadership.—
Erik Hayden,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
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Estate planning for collectors must include both obvious and subtle assets, and heirs should never assume that value is always visible on the surface.—
Matthew F. Erskine,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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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Unless prior to the sale the bankruptcy trustee negotiates with the LLC managers to admit the purchaser, the purchaser at the judicial sale will not be anything more than an assignee of the distributional interest as was the result in this case.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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The foundation is working with over 300 global partners and grantees to advance the research and development of products to improve maternal health, gynecological and menstrual health among other areas of underfunded care around the world.—
Thomas Gallagher,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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As a grantee, we're required to use a housing first approach.—
A Martínez,
NPR,
28 July 2025
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“Beneficiary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficiary. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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