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.
• But those funds are not being made available to claimants, Levin alleges.
  — John Tuohy, Indianapolis Star, 28 June 2018
• 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
• And in class-action suits like what the plaintiffs are seeking, claimants usually collect a pittance next to what the lawyers take in.
  — WSJ, 25 Dec. 2018
• The plan was announced Jan. 29, partially to deter false claimants from coming across the border.
  — Colleen Long, The Seattle Times, 1 Apr. 2019
• Official data suggest only a small proportion of EU migrants are welfare claimants.
  — Donato Paolo Mancini, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2018
• That claimant said she was interviewed by internal-affairs detectives twice in 2012 but nothing happened.
  — Jeff McDonald, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 June 2018
• Last week, a New York jury awarded $300 million in punitive damages to one claimant, which the company plans to appeal.
  — Ellen Florian, Fortune, 7 June 2019
• Two such people have already come forward, and there are no disincentives for new claimants, possibly driven by partisan or personal animus, to emerge.
  — David B. Rivkin Jr. and Kristi Remington, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2018
• At the same time, past work requirements have been revised from 15 years to five, significantly reducing the burden on disability claimants.
  — Jason Turkish, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2024
• 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
• 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'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 May 2024
• If an action succeeds, claimants (if they are traced) get their awards in full.
  — The Economist, 1 Aug. 2019
• But surely this car puts all previous claimants in the shade.
  — Tony Swan, Popular Mechanics, 19 July 2019
• For the survivors, the settlements are for $5 million per claimant.
  — Christina Carrega, CNN, 28 Oct. 2021
• Many talc claimants oppose allowing a trustee to set awards and want to take their cases to court.
  — Jef Feeley, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2023
• That would then give the disallowed claimant appeal rights.
  — Laurence Kotlikoff, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
• But that email too often ends up in a claimant's spam folder, Boynton added.
  — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2022
• To deny an exemption to claimants who engage in certain forms of speech is … the same as if the state were to fine them for this speech.
  — George Will, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2019
• Notably, the Supreme Court’s opinion on Purdue pointed to an exception in federal law involving asbestos cases that allows bankruptcy courts to approve a settlement even if not all claimants agree to it.
  — David Ovalle, Washington Post, 29 June 2024

Last Updated: 30 Sep 2024