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About one-third of those SSI recipients also get a benefit from Social Security.—Mike Snider, USA Today, 9 May 2025 The Department of Agriculture is demanding states hand over personal data of food assistance recipients — including Social Security numbers, addresses and, in at least one state, citizenship status, according to emails shared with NPR by an official who was not allowed to speak publicly.—Stephen Fowler, NPR, 9 May 2025 Bisignano has also pledged to protect the personal data of Social Security recipients.—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025 The Circle of Brotherhood, along with Urban League of Broward County, who had been the recipient of a $400,000 grant to prevent hate crimes, were among 365 nonprofits that had federal funding cuts.—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 7 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for recipient
Word History
Etymology
Latin recipient-, recipiens, present participle of recipere
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