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
Knecht is one of the first beneficiaries of a new NBA All-Star format, which allows the winning team of the Rising Stars event to compete in a mini-tournament against the actual All-Stars.
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Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2025
The most robust plan types — lettered F, G and N — are the most popular, according to KFF, but F plans cannot be sold to new beneficiaries who turned 65 after Jan. 1, 2020, because of a change in federal law.
—Mark Miller, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
The phenomenon dates back more than a decade, with Breaking Bad an early beneficiary.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025
Markle called Bank of America, which at the time issued debit cards to EDD beneficiaries, nearly 200 times, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2025
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Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2025
The most robust plan types — lettered F, G and N — are the most popular, according to KFF, but F plans cannot be sold to new beneficiaries who turned 65 after Jan. 1, 2020, because of a change in federal law.
—Mark Miller, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
The phenomenon dates back more than a decade, with Breaking Bad an early beneficiary.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025
Markle called Bank of America, which at the time issued debit cards to EDD beneficiaries, nearly 200 times, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneficiary
Noun
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But due to the sheer number of recipients expecting a check every month, not every claimant gets paid their benefits on the same date.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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Court records show the claimant is in out-of-court settlement discussions with CoreCivic, which had previously denied all the allegations in the suit.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The claim is that the death tax imposes an unfair and costly tax on the transfer of property, land, and other assets from a decedent to his or her heirs and that can decimate small businesses and family farms.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Fourteen days later, the Rangers hired former Marlins manager Skip Schumaker as a senior advisor, perhaps bringing aboard a new heir.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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
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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.—
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22 June 2023
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Although his funds were not expected to flow until later this year, Dowdy was looking forward to the USDA's press release announcing the newest grantees.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
17 Feb. 2025
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Federal contractors and grantees are also under scrutiny.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Beneficiary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficiary. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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