recipient

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Recent Examples of recipient There was also, perhaps, general irritation at the idea that such a successful team should be the recipient of so much dumb luck. Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025 Gatlin didn’t identify the recipient by name. Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2025 The grant does not support general operations but instead goes toward a specific project outlined by the recipient. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025 The 2025 recipient, Christian Noél, is currently in production on an original half-hour comedy pilot developed through the program. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for recipient
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Noun
  • This year, the festival’s host and beneficiary is Event Zero Foundation, which promotes sustainable event practices.
    Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Some of the biggest beneficiaries of the artificial intelligence boom — such as Micron and Advanced Micro Devices — now seem to be overbought, according to one popular technical metric.
    Pia Singh, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For gifts over $5,000, a qualified appraisal and acknowledgment by the donee organization are required.
    Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • 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 24 Oct. 2025.

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