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devisees

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plural of devisee

as in beneficiaries

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Wolfe initiates DraftKings and Flutter as outperform The firm said both stocks are prediction market beneficiaries.

— Michael Bloom, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Your beneficiary designations on accounts with direct beneficiaries, including retirement accounts, life insurance, and transfer-on-death bank and brokerage accounts.

— Cicely Jones, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of beneficiaries

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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

Definition of heirs

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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 assignees

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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

Definition of claimants

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Another challenge that may result is leaving large tax liabilities for future generations, particularly if the inheritors receive such funds during their peak earning years.

— Monish Verma, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Among these delusions is the perennial faith that Iranians are potentially ardent converts to American-style freedom, rather than inheritors of an ancient civilization with a trajectory outlined by its own specific history.

— Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026

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