beneficiary

as in claimant
someone who inherits something when someone dies He named his only child as the beneficiary on his life insurance policy.

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Recent Examples of beneficiary February’s Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $967, will go out to millions of beneficiaries in six days. Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Jan. 2025 The government acts with ulterior motives that diverge from the interests of professed beneficiaries. Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2025 At the same time, Trump this week revoked a Biden administration order to explore ways to lower prescription costs for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, according to The Hill. Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025 Among the campaign’s beneficiaries has been the recent expansion of Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, including its new Child Life zone, where on his visits Barkov plays games, takes photos with patients and, just before the start of the season, showed off the Stanley Cup. Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for beneficiary 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneficiary
Noun
  • What To Know Social Security claimants in Vermont and Utah could end up with some extra cash in their pockets if two separate proposals become law.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The fires underscore this failure, but no policy that apportions the state’s supply among those claimants could have saved the communities destroyed by fire over the last week.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The duchy is a private estate owned by the British royal family, and was established by King Edward III in 1337 as a means to provide income for the heir to the throne.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Their young son, now the sole heir, faces the daunting task of ruling a kingdom teetering on the edge of collapse.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
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  • After all, Qualcomm recently surpassed IBM as the number-two patent assignee in the U.S..
    Anshel Sag, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The data looks at the assignees for both regular utility and design patents and was limited to assignees that received at least 10 patents within the year.
    al, al, 22 June 2023
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  • The Stepping Stone grantees will remain involved with Trellis for a year, while the Milestone grantees receive funding and professional development assistance over the span of two years, during which they are also invited to participate in a retreat.
    News Desk, Artforum, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Other proposals included a term limit for institute directors with a maximum duration of two terms, adding new oversight measures for grantees and adding new restrictions on research grants that present national security risks.
    Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2025

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“Beneficiary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficiary. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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