as in heirs
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a person who believes that he or she has a right to something (such as an amount of money); a person who claims something
They are claimants to their father's estate. Claimants will need to fill out the appropriate paperwork. a dispute between two claimants to the throne
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Recent Examples of claimants
True to form, Lowell had her own version of events, telling a local paper that one of the claimants had brought a gang of thieves to her farm and threatened to kill her husband.
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Michael Waters, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026
Unclaimed property scam On its website, the state treasury has a warning about scammers using text messages to target potential unclaimed property claimants.
—Michael Guise, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
Tort claims in Indiana must precede any lawsuit against a governmental entity, according to Indiana law, which also allows governmental entities and claimants to reach a settlement.
—Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 16 Dec. 2025
Research published in 2022 found that just more than 10% of claimants wait until age 70.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2025
The agency is also halting a plan to use modern labor market data to help judge whether disability claimants can work, a project that has cost the federal government more than $350 million so far.
—Lisa Rein, Arkansas Online, 23 Nov. 2025
However eligible claimants will have to wait until July 23, 2026 to submit the claim.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 21 Nov. 2025
Assuming about half of the individual claimants would qualify, lawyers expect that those who had prescriptions for at least six months would receive about $16,000 each and those who had them more briefly would get around $8,000, before legal fees that would reduce what people actually receive.
—NPR, 14 Nov. 2025
How much money can claimants get?
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
Michael Waters, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026
Unclaimed property scam On its website, the state treasury has a warning about scammers using text messages to target potential unclaimed property claimants.
—Michael Guise, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
Tort claims in Indiana must precede any lawsuit against a governmental entity, according to Indiana law, which also allows governmental entities and claimants to reach a settlement.
—Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 16 Dec. 2025
Research published in 2022 found that just more than 10% of claimants wait until age 70.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2025
The agency is also halting a plan to use modern labor market data to help judge whether disability claimants can work, a project that has cost the federal government more than $350 million so far.
—Lisa Rein, Arkansas Online, 23 Nov. 2025
However eligible claimants will have to wait until July 23, 2026 to submit the claim.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 21 Nov. 2025
Assuming about half of the individual claimants would qualify, lawyers expect that those who had prescriptions for at least six months would receive about $16,000 each and those who had them more briefly would get around $8,000, before legal fees that would reduce what people actually receive.
—NPR, 14 Nov. 2025
How much money can claimants get?
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for claimants
heirs
Noun
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They're easily valued, divisible and don't necessarily require ongoing maintenance, expenses, or contact with other heirs, experts said.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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Other pet owners who aren’t celebrities have used pet trusts as well, such as Bill Dorris, a Nashville businessman without any human heirs.—
Allison Anna Tait,
The Conversation,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Claimants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/claimants. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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