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 According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website, eligible beneficiaries will receive one $90 rebate this month, with most getting a direct deposit on or around Friday. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026 The real question is whether a partial Roth conversion makes sense based on current tax bracket, future tax bracket, estate goals, beneficiaries, cash flow needs and Medicare exposure. — Ronald Stair, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Over 38% of beneficiaries between the ages of 0-64 are white, according to 2024 data from research organization KFF. — Laura Turbay, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 Valar has been both closely involved with those reforms and a beneficiary of them. — Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for beneficiary

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But critics of the system argue that the rise in disability and incapacity claimants owes more to broadening definitions of disability – and especially to an increase in people claiming benefits for mental health conditions.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 Oct. 2026
Right now, there’s an employee who will be your organization’s highest-cost claimant in three years.

— Neepa Patel, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026

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Earlier this year, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the university and the Academy were renegotiating heir relationship; Drexel wanted a full merger, which would grant it the building, endowment and collections.

— Andrew Stelzer, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026
Because assets remaining in the trust will generally pass to charity, life insurance is sometimes incorporated into the estate plan to replace wealth for the seller’s heirs.

— D. Scott Kenik, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of heir

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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

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The Sixers donated 5,000 tickets to local community groups and Sixers Youth Foundation grantee partners and more than $80,000 was raised for the Sixers Youth Foundation.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Katie McQue's reporting is supported by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism, which is a grantee of Coefficient Giving.

— Katie McQue, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026

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