Thesaurus results for DEVISEE

devisee

noun

Definition of devisee

as in beneficiary

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Recent Examples of devisee That can obviously set up some interesting, and potentially uncomfortable, situations for both the devisee and your surviving spouse. — Dallas News, 20 Feb. 2022 When a person dies, his claim passes to his heirs or devisees, subject to the administration of his estate. — Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 26 Jan. 2020

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Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Shares of TSMC TSMC, which counts Nvidia and Apple among its customers, has been a major beneficiary of surging demand for advanced AI chips.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Many of the residents who received tests were Medicare beneficiaries.

— Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of beneficiary

Noun

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.

— Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
To assign a task, simply tick a box, add a description, choose assignees, and input an optional due date.

— Robert Anderson, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026

Definition of assignee

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The old immigrants are likely to remain—in the manner of the occasional Wasp legatee (Wagner, Lindsay) who poked in during the buoyant sixties—more visitors to wars over civic power than victors in them.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Trump and allies, meanwhile, often cast him as legatee of Reagan.

— David Jackson, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2024

Definition of legatee

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The Sixers donated 5,000 tickets to local community groups and Sixers Youth Foundation grantee partners and more than $80,000 was raised for the Sixers Youth Foundation.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
The head of another grantee, Centennial Mental Health Center, also stopped by for the announcement.

— Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of grantee

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The series follows a private investigator who arrives in a small coastal town to investigate the disappearance of a young heir to a powerful fishery.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2026
David Munson, 67, is a fourth-generation heir of his Texas family’s stock and oil wealth and told Fortune his father talked openly about finances—but also made the kids sell eggs to the neighbors to earn their own money.

— Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of heir

Noun

But critics of the system argue that the rise in disability and incapacity claimants owes more to broadening definitions of disability – and especially to an increase in people claiming benefits for mental health conditions.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 Oct. 2026
Right now, there’s an employee who will be your organization’s highest-cost claimant in three years.

— Neepa Patel, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of claimant

Noun

Young and middle-aged inheritors are more digitally savvy and activism-oriented than older generations.

— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
The hope behind the request was that the proud inheritor of the Byzantine empire could escape its associations with a pretty derpy American bird.

— Drew Goins, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026

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