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claimants

noun

plural of claimant

as in heirs

formal 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 Only about a third resulted in discretionary payments, totaling less than 4% of what claimants had sought. — Michelle Gumede, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 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 And since January, nearly 900 asylum claimants have been sent back to the US after being deemed ineligible under the Safe Third Country Agreement between the two nations, Cameron said. — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026 The judge has not enforced a cap on the total costs Harry and the other claimants may face. — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026 The seven claimants, also including Liz Hurley and Baroness Doreen Lawrence, must make the payment by August 28. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026 Along with the other claimants, he’s expected to have to pay a hefty sum, which will be decided at a hearing on a later date. — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026 Eventually, the new approach enabled Universal Credit to be rolled out to more than eight million claimants and to keep functioning even amid the surge in demand during the COVID-19 pandemic. — Jennifer Pahlka, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

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heirs

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At the time, Norway’s constitution stipulated that only male heirs could inherit the title.

— James Frater, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Family says risks remain despite convictions The court also ordered about $223,500 in compensation for Inuma’s legal heirs and about $74,500 for Tapullima, the woman wounded in the attack.

— Steven Grattan, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

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