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
The rules the bill would eliminate — the Windfall Elimination Provision, or WEP, and the Government Pension Offset, or GPO — were designed to make it so all Social Security beneficiaries received a comparable reimbursement for their contributions to the program.
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Lorie Konish, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2024
Biden has emphasized that Republican-leaning communities are the beneficiaries of many of the green-energy projects and jobs.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
Social Security beneficiaries will see a bump in their monthly checks in 2025 to account for inflation and the growing cost-of-living.
—Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
Murdoch's attorneys argued that the move was in the financial interest of all of the trust's beneficiaries.
—Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
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Lorie Konish, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2024
Biden has emphasized that Republican-leaning communities are the beneficiaries of many of the green-energy projects and jobs.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
Social Security beneficiaries will see a bump in their monthly checks in 2025 to account for inflation and the growing cost-of-living.
—Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
Murdoch's attorneys argued that the move was in the financial interest of all of the trust's beneficiaries.
—Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneficiary
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Eligible claimants can file online at the official website.Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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In January 2024, the average monthly retirement benefit for Social Security claimants was $1,907.Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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This is particularly important as heirs have only nine months from the date of death to inventory, value, and report the artwork or collectibles and pay any estate taxes that may be due.Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Haas has since died, and Lurie and his mother are among his primary heirs.Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Dec. 2024
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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.al, al, 22 June 2023
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To start, issuing preemptive pardons could make the grantees look more guilty than some Americans already believe.Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2024
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Knight grantees have been leading this charge for years, including Rhizome at the New Museum, which works to preserve online communities as part of the historical record.The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Beneficiary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficiary. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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