recipient

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Recent Examples of recipient The vaccine uses mRNA to inoculate the recipient—the same technology used in the Moderna and Pfizer coronavirus vaccines. Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 11 Feb. 2026 The 2025 recipient of the BAFTA Fellowship was Warwick Davis. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026 Sprockett, himself a former GRFP recipient, worked closely with her to make sure that application was eligible. Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 11 Feb. 2026 He was named to 11 Pro Bowls, two first-team AP All-Pro squads and was the 2012 recipient of the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award. Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for recipient
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Noun
  • Three goals were scored that way on Saturday in the Premier League, with Brentford’s Vitaly Janelt, West Ham United’s Valentin Castellanos, and Manchester United’s Fernandes the chief beneficiaries.
    Stuart James, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • That’s now changing, and the biggest beneficiaries won’t be programmers.
    David Heacock, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • For gifts over $5,000, a qualified appraisal and acknowledgment by the donee organization are required.
    Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • That means if the donee sells the assets, gain and income tax will be triggered.
    Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025

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“Recipient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recipient. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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