How to Use claimant in a Sentence

claimant

noun
  • They are claimants to the dead man's estate.
  • Claimants will need to fill out the appropriate paperwork.
  • When that work dries up, claimants rise.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
  • How much money can claimants get?
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2024
  • How much money can claimants get?
    — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
  • There was no, no claimants brought anything in front of that.
    — Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 2 June 2026
  • The amount each claimant will receive will be based on how many file.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 16 June 2023
  • What options do claimants who were told they were overpaid have?
    — Adrienne Roberts, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Among all claimants, the biggest group last year was Haitians (see chart).
    — The Economist, 12 May 2018
  • If an action succeeds, claimants (if they are traced) get their awards in full.
    — The Economist, 1 Aug. 2019
  • How much money could claimants receive?
    — Connor Greene, Time, 27 May 2026
  • Will Greg end up as a claimant to the dormant throne of Italy?
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2021
  • New claimants must wait at least five weeks before the first chunk of cash lands in their account.
    — The Economist, 18 Oct. 2017
  • But surely this car puts all previous claimants in the shade.
    — Tony Swan, Popular Mechanics, 19 July 2019
  • However, when volume spikes, a claimant may sit in a queue for an hour or longer.
    — Arnold Sotelo, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • If the agency doesn’t respond or denies a claim, the claimant can then file suit.
    — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
  • If the claim is not paid, the claimant is permitted to proceed with a lawsuit.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2022
  • But those funds are not being made available to claimants, Levin alleges.
    — John Tuohy, Indianapolis Star, 28 June 2018
  • But that email too often ends up in a claimant's spam folder, Boynton added.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2022
  • Many talc claimants oppose allowing a trustee to set awards and want to take their cases to court.
    — Jef Feeley, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Malaysia and Brunei are the other claimants to the chain of islands and barren islets and atolls.
    — Jim Gomez, The Seattle Times, 14 Aug. 2018
  • That's an average of about $7,800 per claimant that was waived.
    — Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2022
  • The oil and car industries also have a high percentages of non-dom claimants.
    — Ben Stupples, Fortune Europe, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The claimants must promise not to discuss their case or settlement with the news media.
    — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 11 July 2019
  • The answer to that question depends on when the court determines the claimants were harmed.
    — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 7 July 2017
  • But Taylor wasn’t allowed to be one of the claimants because her child did not survive.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
  • For the survivors, the settlements are for $5 million per claimant.
    — Christina Carrega, CNN, 28 Oct. 2021
  • The claimant won an additional $4 on the same ticket.
    — Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Dec. 2025
  • The plan would need to get 75% of claimants to agree to it before a bankruptcy judge can approve it.
    — Bruce Gil, Quartz, 1 July 2024
  • The plan would need to get 75% of claimants to agree to it before a bankruptcy judge can approve it.
    — Bruce Gil, Quartz, 1 May 2024

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