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Recent Examples of recipient
Kaitlyn is a recipient of numerous awards, including a doctoral research SSHRC award and the Metatron Prize for her debut poetic novella ʔbédayine.
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Hazlitt, 18 Feb. 2026
The Atlantic’s staff writer Nick Miroff is the recipient of the 2025 George Polk Award for immigration reporting for his coverage of the wrongful deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
—The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026
Only 21 percent of rings are selected without any input from the recipient, and one in four couples now shop at a retailer together before the proposal.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 18 Feb. 2026
Simon, to this day, remains the only feline recipient.
—Anne Ewbank, Popular Science, 18 Feb. 2026
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Hazlitt, 18 Feb. 2026
The Atlantic’s staff writer Nick Miroff is the recipient of the 2025 George Polk Award for immigration reporting for his coverage of the wrongful deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
—The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026
Only 21 percent of rings are selected without any input from the recipient, and one in four couples now shop at a retailer together before the proposal.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 18 Feb. 2026
Simon, to this day, remains the only feline recipient.
—Anne Ewbank, Popular Science, 18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recipient
Noun
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The permissible purposes for a 529 have recently expanded to allow up to $20,000 annually per beneficiary for K-12 tuition, tutoring, special needs therapies, nondegree credentialing programs and, sometimes, rollovers to Roth IRAs.—
Virginia Hammerle,
Dallas Morning News,
15 Feb. 2026
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Great Again movement and whose company is a major beneficiary of Republicans’ drive to pump unprecedented amounts of money into immigration enforcement.—
Andrew Graham,
Sacbee.com,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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For gifts over $5,000, a qualified appraisal and acknowledgment by the donee organization are required.—
Matthew F. Erskine,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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That means if the donee sells the assets, gain and income tax will be triggered.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Recipient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recipient. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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