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beneficiaries

noun

plural of beneficiary

as in claimants

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 beneficiaries Luria singled out hyperscalers Amazon and Alphabet along with chipmaker Broadcom as key beneficiaries of Anthropic's IPO. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026 The Bancroft family controlled 64% of Dow Jones’ vote with less than 25% of its equity, but its Class B shares sat in a series of trusts whose roughly 35 beneficiaries didn’t have to vote together. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026 Lamps, rugs, curtains and throw pillows are the obvious beneficiaries. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026 People with chronically cold feet are the most likely beneficiaries, Mathur noted, because the mechanism depends on warming feet that are too cool to release heat efficiently. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2026 Filling the room were people from organizations who helped those who came out of the criminal justice system, as counselors or lawyers who worked to get criminal records expunged, along with the beneficiaries of those efforts. — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026 The 40 million beneficiaries of the Colorado River basin, including most Californians, will have to do more with less as global warming causes more and deeper droughts. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 In short, the encyclopedia is being destroyed by its biggest beneficiaries, like a golden goose slaughtered for slop-pâté. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026 The biggest beneficiaries, as usual in the West, are pensioners. — Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026

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Though the complaint alleged that Full Sail University was part of the fraud, the judge found that the claimants had failed to offer any details pertaining to that school.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026
Her firm, Smart Law, represents the majority of Hanford workers’ compensation claimants, including Rouse and Kersey.

— Lizz Giordano, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2026

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The changes include allowing the adoption of distant male relatives raised as commoners to become royals and father future heirs, and letting princesses keep their royal status after marrying commoners.

— Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Several studies suggest Gen Z and millennial heirs are more likely to focus on systemic causes, like climate, health, human rights and international development, while boomers and Gen Xers tended to focus more on local institutions.

— Robert Frank, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

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