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
That could bode poorly for beneficiaries such as HCA Holdings and Centene and put subsidies at a higher chance of expiration, according to Barclays analyst Andrew Mok.
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Samantha Subin, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024
Possible changes include the imposition of work requirements on beneficiaries in some states.
—Rachel Reiff Ellis, Fortune Well, 6 Nov. 2024
Nvidia, Texas Instruments , Intel and Qualcomm are among the lower-tax rate beneficiaries at risk if Harris were to boost the rate.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
Meanwhile, income taxes would decline under Trump for all income groups, but the biggest beneficiaries would be high-income households, according to the Penn Wharton Budget Model.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Samantha Subin, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024
Possible changes include the imposition of work requirements on beneficiaries in some states.
—Rachel Reiff Ellis, Fortune Well, 6 Nov. 2024
Nvidia, Texas Instruments , Intel and Qualcomm are among the lower-tax rate beneficiaries at risk if Harris were to boost the rate.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
Meanwhile, income taxes would decline under Trump for all income groups, but the biggest beneficiaries would be high-income households, according to the Penn Wharton Budget Model.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneficiary
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Thing is… Matty realizes, too late, that Senior quietly moved to bankrupt his developer client, making the settlement that Robert agreed to literally worthless (though other claimants will be made whole).Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 31 Oct. 2024
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After deducting for fees, taxes and contingencies, eligible claimants were entitled to a total of approximately $202,000,000.Rob Wile, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
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According to Los Angeles Daily News, Brunner was legally removed from a list of potential heirs for Manson's estate in 2018 because he was adopted.Jessica Sager, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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The Bene Gesserit are no doubt banking on that future heir to be favorably malleable.Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Nov. 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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Among its grantees are Just Stop Oil, which threw the tomato soup and glued the Vermeer; Last Generation, which splattered the mashed potatoes on the Monet; Zepeda’s group, Declare Emergency; and the Social Change Lab, which conducts research on activism.Michelle Weber, Longreads, 13 Nov. 2024
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In 2023, the Rhode Islanders gave $4 million in grants to 9 new grantees and 25 renewals.Vitas Carosella, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Beneficiary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficiary. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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