beneficiary

noun

Definition of beneficiarynext
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 And one of the key factors driving the uptick in spending is utilization of high-cost medications, particularly among Medicare beneficiaries and those with commercial insurance. — Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 Children’s Mercy Hospital and Harvesters regional food bank in Kansas City are two beneficiaries. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026 Among the biggest beneficiaries have been puffins, whose population has grown from just 13 birds in 2000 to 1,335 in 2026 after teetering on the brink of local extinction. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026 The fees per person would start at $325 a year for companies with 50 to 249 Medicaid beneficiaries and top out at $725 annually for employers with at least 500 recipients. — ABC News, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for beneficiary
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneficiary
  1. claimant
  2. heir
  3. assignee
  4. grantee
Noun
  • The settlement extends benefits to unidentified third-party claimants who were never parties to the initial lawsuit.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Publicly available data shows that wrongful death settlements for motor vehicle accidents in Texas vary widely, which is exactly why identifying the correct legal claimants early in the process matters so much.
    — William Jones, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 June 2026
Definition of claimant
Noun
  • Mojtaba Khamenei, Khamenei’s son and expectant heir, is notably absent.
    — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 4 July 2026
  • The Prince of Wales sadly won’t be attending Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce‘s wedding Friday in New York City, but the heir to the British throne nonetheless made sure to offer some royal prestige to events.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 July 2026
Definition of heir
Noun
  • 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
  • In that environment, the organizations and funders who keep operating as if every problem can be solved by a single grantee will deliver diminishing returns.
    — Frédérique Irwin, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Dollar amounts are no specified but grantees will use the money for general unrestricted operating expenses.
    — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 4 June 2026
Definition of grantee

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“Beneficiary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficiary. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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