How to Use beneficiary in a Sentence

beneficiary

noun
  • The college was a beneficiary of the private grant.
  • The main beneficiary of a tighter bunch at the top?
    — Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Can beneficiaries open talks or is that tacky?
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Smith’s take on Richard is the beneficiary of all those roles.
    — Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Our ward is a beneficiary of that.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 31 May 2026
  • Some beneficiaries are ready to pursue full-time work right away.
    — Diane Winiarski, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Or have a grandchild use it by changing the beneficiary when he or she is born.
    — orlandosentinel.com, 6 Jan. 2022
  • The people who have their hands on the switch are the beneficiaries of the system.
    — Alex Crippen, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The firm said Rocket could be a strong beneficiary of rate cuts.
    — Yun Li, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Quantum is one of the beneficiaries of this change.
    — P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2026
  • For many beneficiaries, the first step is not applying for a job.
    — Diane Winiarski, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • That may hearten beneficiaries but won’t rein in prices.
    — Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
  • That may hearten beneficiaries but won’t rein in prices.
    — Editorial, Boston Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
  • In the last weeks of the campaign, these friends and beneficiaries rallied round.
    — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2026
  • There's no limit on what a beneficiary could pay in cost sharing.
    — Julie Appleby, CBS News, 25 June 2026
  • Her attorney is sharp and asks for copies of any trusts that daughter may be a beneficiary of.
    — Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 11 July 2022
  • Ever get a prompt on one of your accounts asking you to name a beneficiary?
    — Matt Sedensky, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2026
  • At the very least, check to see if your beneficiaries are up to date on your various accounts.
    — David Rae, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Its senior ranks are beneficiaries of the system, not agents of change.
    — Kazem Kazerounian, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2026
  • His sole beneficiary is his wife, Sharon, who is 72 years old.
    — Julie Jason, Jd, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
  • There are two groups of beneficiaries.
    — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 1 May 2026
  • Nucor has been seen as a reshoring beneficiary.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Against this backdrop, Arista stands out as a pure-play beneficiary.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Due to the large number of beneficiaries, not all claimants receive their payments on the same day each month.
    — Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
  • Both are named as beneficiaries of the estate.
    — Ava Berger, NPR, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Many actors and writers have no doubt been lucky enough to be beneficiaries of some of these strategies in the short term.
    — Howard Homonoff, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • The firm says the stock is a data center beneficiary.
    — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2026
  • This payment can be made for the life of the beneficiaries or for a term of years not to exceed 20.
    — Andre Pennington, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Trump himself was a beneficiary of the late-night platform.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The main beneficiary from all of this would appear to be Alcaraz.
    — James Hansen, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026

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