as in heir
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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 claimant
His father was Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, a claimant to the English throne.
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Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
Notices of payments to claimants are being emailed on a rolling basis, according to an update on the BCBS settlement website.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2025
But due to the sheer number of recipients expecting a check every month, not every claimant gets paid their benefits on the same date.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
Court records show the claimant is in out-of-court settlement discussions with CoreCivic, which had previously denied all the allegations in the suit.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 29 Jan. 2025
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Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
Notices of payments to claimants are being emailed on a rolling basis, according to an update on the BCBS settlement website.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2025
But due to the sheer number of recipients expecting a check every month, not every claimant gets paid their benefits on the same date.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
Court records show the claimant is in out-of-court settlement discussions with CoreCivic, which had previously denied all the allegations in the suit.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 29 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for claimant
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“Claimant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/claimant. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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