Examples of claimant in a Sentence
They are claimants to the dead man's estate.
Claimants will need to fill out the appropriate paperwork.
a dispute between two claimants to the throne
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The comments follow remarks from Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío, who indicated the government could offer a lump-sum compensation package to American claimants.
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Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Two of the claimants were complainants who gave evidence during Spacey's 2023 criminal trial in London, where the now 66-year-old actor was acquitted of all charges.
—Reuters, NBC news, 19 Mar. 2026
Two of the civil claimants, whose identities are protected by legal orders, gave evidence during Spacey's criminal trial.
—ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
Cooper served for years as an expert witness in workers’-comp cases, brought in to assess whether the claimant really had been struck.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
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Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Two of the claimants were complainants who gave evidence during Spacey's 2023 criminal trial in London, where the now 66-year-old actor was acquitted of all charges.
—Reuters, NBC news, 19 Mar. 2026
Two of the civil claimants, whose identities are protected by legal orders, gave evidence during Spacey's criminal trial.
—ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
Cooper served for years as an expert witness in workers’-comp cases, brought in to assess whether the claimant really had been struck.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for claimant
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“Claimant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/claimant. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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claimant
noun
claim·ant
ˈklā-mənt 
: a person who claims to have a right to something
Legal Definition
claimant
noun
claim·ant
ˈklā-mənt
: one that asserts a claim especially formally
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