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.
• There are plenty of disputes among the six remaining claimants, though.
  — Kenzie Bryant, Vanities, 7 Apr. 2017
• More information on the case is available to claimants at drlevyclassaction.com.
  — Alison Knezevich, baltimoresun.com, 23 May 2017
• A fee agreement need not spell out every possible form of value that a claimant could receive.
  — Max B. Baker, star-telegram.com, 5 May 2017
• The claimants allege that the government and army failed to heed warning signs and threats that the shooter made in the months before the shootings.
  — Ivana Saric, Axios, 15 Oct. 2024
• Once a judge makes that determination, any further potential claimants would have one year to come forward and claim heirship.
  — Dan Rys, Billboard, 11 May 2017
• His family is one of two Palestinian claimants to the land on which the Givat Zeev soccer club now plays.
  — Peter Baker, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2016
• Those represented less than half of the works reported missing by the surviving Jewish claimants.
  — Nina Siegal, New York Times, 12 May 2017
• Reid, his lawyer, the claimant and her lawyer all declined to comment, while a person in Reid’s camp said the letter contained inaccuracies.
  — Hannah Karp, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2017
• Obviously that doesn’t amount to much per claimant—only $16 to $32 each on average, the bureau estimates.
  — Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 14 Apr. 2017
• These state guaranty associations will pay claimants in the unlikely event that an insurance company becomes insolvent and cannot pay.
  — D. Scott Kenik, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
• The trial, which was due to start Monday, has been postponed until June 7 while the claimants weigh the improved proposal and their lawyers locate investors who have gone missing over the years.
  — Patrick Gower, Bloomberg.com, 24 May 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
• New claimants must wait at least five weeks before the first chunk of cash lands in their account.
  — The Economist, 18 Oct. 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 July 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 May 2024
• If an action succeeds, claimants (if they are traced) get their awards in full.
  — The Economist, 1 Aug. 2019

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024