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
Oman government revenues were up 13% year-on-year in the first quarter — highlighting how the country is one of the rare beneficiaries of the Iran war, in raw economic terms at least.
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Dominic Dudley, semafor.com, 19 May 2026
Fiduciaries must act in the best interests of participants and beneficiaries, which includes managing plan assets prudently, keeping plan expenses reasonable, and providing timely, accurate information.
—Miranda Marquit, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 May 2026
Google has already emerged as one of the biggest beneficiaries of the AI spending surge.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
According to Moody's, the clearest beneficiaries across all three scenarios are algorithmic principal traders and fintechs, along with asset managers.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 18 May 2026
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Dominic Dudley, semafor.com, 19 May 2026
Fiduciaries must act in the best interests of participants and beneficiaries, which includes managing plan assets prudently, keeping plan expenses reasonable, and providing timely, accurate information.
—Miranda Marquit, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 May 2026
Google has already emerged as one of the biggest beneficiaries of the AI spending surge.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
According to Moody's, the clearest beneficiaries across all three scenarios are algorithmic principal traders and fintechs, along with asset managers.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneficiary
Noun
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However, when volume spikes, a claimant may sit in a queue for an hour or longer.—
Arnold Sotelo,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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Meanwhile, claimants in the trial argued that criminal proceedings will move slowly, bringing financial hardship for some who lost their family breadwinner in the collapse.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
Noun
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Along with the heir to the estate, the four soon experience strange sights and sounds, but only one, Eleanor, sees things others do not.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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The Canadian-Norwegian co-production for CBC and NRK follows a spoiled Norwegian factory heir from the 1800s, who forces a group of reluctant underlings to the American Wild West to gather material for his novel.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
26 May 2026
Noun
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To assign a task, simply tick a box, add a description, choose assignees, and input an optional due date.—
Robert Anderson,
PC Magazine,
30 Mar. 2026
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The charging order can also be foreclosed upon by a creditor in many jurisdictions, which means that it is sold at an auction and the purchaser at the auction becomes an involuntary assignee of the interest ― but the purchaser's interest is not affected by the satisfaction of the judgment.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Each agency shall assess grant conditions and grantee preferences and ensure grant funds do not promote gender ideology.—
Preston Mizell , Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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The foundation staff and board members visited every grantee and talked to their staff about what was working, what wasn’t, and what their goals were for the near future.—
Igor Studenkov,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Beneficiary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficiary. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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