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beneficiaries

NOUN

person who gains, benefits

Synonyms

STRONGEST

heir recipient

STRONG

assignee devisee donee grantee heiress inheritor legatee payee possessor receiver stipendiary successor

WEAK

almsperson

Antonyms

WEAK

giver payer

Example Sentences

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A hybrid plan provides long-term-care payouts if a person ends up needing care, and if they don’t, it provides a tax-free life-insurance benefit to beneficiaries when the policyholder dies.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

A broker may enroll beneficiaries based not on their needs but rather on which plans compensate them the most through commissions and bonus payments for meeting enrollment targets.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

The Players Foundation has welcomed the end of the inquiry and stressed no funds were lost or beneficiaries impacted.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Memory companies have been the latest beneficiaries of the artificial-intelligence investing craze, a boom that has lifted the entire semiconductor sector.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Never has any pesticide program been so thoroughly and deservedly damned by practically everyone except the beneficiaries of this “sales bonanza.”

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson