Thesaurus results for BENEFICIARY

beneficiary

noun

Definition of beneficiary

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 Wolfe initiates DraftKings and Flutter as outperform The firm said both stocks are prediction market beneficiaries. — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026 Michigan beneficiaries of Social Security and Supplemental Security Income programs will see a normal payment schedule in September. — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2026 Rodrigo revealed during a press conference Friday that the one-day festival had raised $10 million for its beneficiary organizations. — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 30 Aug. 2026 More affordably, starting last month, eligible Medicare beneficiaries were able to receive GLP-1s for obesity for $50 per month by prescription. — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for beneficiary

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In 2000, when a small tanker carrying no liability insurance and no class certificate sank off Abu Dhabi, the Funds paid claimants in the United Arab Emirates anyway.

— Charles Edward Gehrke, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
Unlike certain other claimants of Appalachian background, Parton related her stories of hillbilly hardship without grievance.

— David Kamp, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026

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His wife became Queen Mette-Marit, while his oldest child, Ingrid Alexandra, became crown princess and heir to the throne.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
Yankees fans might be getting flashbacks of Boone’s defense for Anthony Volpe, who similarly faded into inconsistency after emerging as the apparent heir to the franchise’s shortstop role.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

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Agents in Jira are generally available, allowing teams to assign work items to AI agents using the same interface as for human assignees, with full audit logging designed for compliance teams.

— Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
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

Definition of assignee

Noun

Michal Ruprecht spent a month reporting in Uganda as a Stanford Global Health Media Fellow and Pulitzer Center grantee.

— Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 13 Aug. 2026
But once the extra antiviolence dollars were approved, Novelo said CDPH allocated more of the additional funds to the other grantee, Metropolitan Family Services.

— Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026

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