grantees

noun

plural of grantee
as in beneficiaries

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  1. beneficiaries
  2. assignees
  3. heirs
Noun
  • In short, the encyclopedia is being destroyed by its biggest beneficiaries, like a golden goose slaughtered for slop-pâté.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
  • This indicates that insurers are either scaling back or removing Medicare Advantage plans completely and many Medicare beneficiaries will need to find new plans for 2027.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of beneficiaries
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 assignees
Noun
  • The heirs have been fighting for the artwork for decades, though the family chose after World War II not to sue for its return.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The top lot of the evening was an early Wassily Kandinsky painting, Das bunte Leben (1907), which was recently restituted to the heirs of the German Jewish art collector Hedwig Lewenstein-Weyermann in June 2023.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of heirs
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“Grantees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grantees. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

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