How to Use claimant in a Sentence

claimant

noun

• They are claimants to the dead man's estate.
• Claimants will need to fill out the appropriate paperwork.
• New claimants must wait at least five weeks before the first chunk of cash lands in their account.
  — The Economist, 18 Oct. 2017
• Scottish councils offer more generous support while claimants await their first payment.
  — The Economist, 18 Oct. 2017
• Because of delays related those searches, checks containing 80 percent of the awards were mailed out last month to some claimants.
  — Alison Knezevich, baltimoresun.com, 25 Aug. 2017
• Advertisement No information has been made available on the amount each claimant might receive.
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
• There are several possible explanations for how some frequent lottery claimants are able to seemingly beat the odds.
  — John Caniglia, cleveland.com, 13 Sep. 2017
• Many of the claimants have yet to receive their portions of the $1.3 billion settlement, and others have died waiting for the cases to be resolved.
  — Sun-Sentinel.com, 25 Sep. 2017
• All registrants are not yet claimants in the suit as players have to file a claim in order to be eligible for a monetary award once they are registered as a class member.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2017
• Other Asian claimants include Vietnam and the Philippines, both countries Trump will visit.
  — Euan McKirdy, CNN, 2 Nov. 2017
• The state commission also is required to inform potential claimants of their right to pursue cases with the federal agency directly.
  — Bryan Lowry, kansascity, 12 Oct. 2017
• Will Greg end up as a claimant to the dormant throne of Italy?
  — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2021
• The court and Equifax knew there were 147 million claimants.
  — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2019
• There is no action that a claimant needs to take right now.
  — Tami Luhby, CNN, 3 July 2021
• The amount each claimant will receive will be based on how many file.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 16 June 2023
• Malaysia and Brunei are the other claimants to the chain of islands and barren islets and atolls.
  — Jim Gomez, The Seattle Times, 14 Aug. 2018
• Among all claimants, the biggest group last year was Haitians (see chart).
  — The Economist, 12 May 2018
• To be eligible for CTC, a child must live with the claimant for at least 6 months of the year.
  — Elaine Maag, Forbes, 25 June 2021
• Thousands more were signed by only a lawyer, not a claimant.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2021
• That has strained ties with other claimant states such as Vietnam and the Philippines, as well as the U.S.
  — Andy Sharp, Bloomberg.com, 14 Dec. 2017
• That's an average of about $7,800 per claimant that was waived.
  — Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2022
• If the claim is not paid, the claimant is permitted to proceed with a lawsuit.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2022
• The first rule extends the amount of time a claimant can receive benefits to 26 weeks from 14 weeks.
  — Jason Schaumburg, Washington Examiner, 27 Mar. 2020
• Some of the Southern claimants to the First Thanksgiving have tried to reclaim that founding myth for the South.
  — Alex Seitz-Wald, NBC News, 23 Nov. 2023
• The plan would need to get 75% of claimants to agree to it before a bankruptcy judge can approve it.
  — Bruce Gil, Quartz, 1 May 2024
• The plan would need to get 75% of claimants to agree to it before a bankruptcy judge can approve it.
  — Bruce Gil, Quartz, 1 July 2024
• If an action succeeds, claimants (if they are traced) get their awards in full.
  — The Economist, 1 Aug. 2019
• But surely this car puts all previous claimants in the shade.
  — Tony Swan, Popular Mechanics, 19 July 2019
• For the survivors, the settlements are for $5 million per claimant.
  — Christina Carrega, CNN, 28 Oct. 2021
• Though tens of thousands of claimants have brought lawsuits against Roundup around the country, none have yet been filed in Idaho, according to the company.
  — Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 6 June 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024