Thesaurus results for DEVISEE

devisee

noun

Definition of devisee

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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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Chip stocks have been one of the largest beneficiaries of the AI boom as companies invest in memory and central processing units to fuel the infrastructure buildout.

— Samantha Subin, CNBC, 30 July 2026
Streaming services are predicted to be one of the biggest beneficiaries, as businesses seek to redistribute their advertising budgets.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 30 July 2026

Definition of beneficiary

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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.

— 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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Names of her grantee organizations are shown on screens in the center of the arena during the pre-show countdown.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
And Alok Vaid-Menon, a comedian and Pluralist Visionaries grantee using a growing platform to put trans-liberatory ideas at the center of the conversation.

— Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of grantee

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And the wandering king’s son and heir, Telemachus (Tom Holland), is convinced his father is still alive and sets off to find him.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026
For a while, this kind of durational performance was mostly the province of Madonna’s artier heirs, such as Lady Gaga.

— Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of heir

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Other South China Sea claimant states use the ruling to justify their own actions—and are sharply denounced by China each time.

— Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
On Wednesday, July 29, a follow-up hearing began to determine how much of ANL’s legal costs the claimants will be liable for.

— Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026

Definition of claimant

Noun

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
Another challenge that may result is leaving large tax liabilities for future generations, particularly if the inheritors receive such funds during their peak earning years.

— Monish Verma, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

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