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beneficiary

[ben-uh-fish-ee-er-ee, -fish-uh-ree] / ˌbɛn əˈfɪʃ iˌɛr i, -ˈfɪʃ ə ri /


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Eligibility was determined using the Medicare Master Beneficiary Summary Files, and participants were followed for an average of 15.3 years.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2026

Beneficiary designations can also result in unintentionally unequal distributions if there’s more than one heir, and complications if the beneficiaries die first or aren’t changed appropriately as life circumstances change.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2025

For example, the envelope may proclaim, “Medicare Beneficiary Notification” in bold letters, with an alarming-looking red stamp emblazoned across the top reading “SECOND NOTICE.”

From MarketWatch • Oct. 28, 2025

But Tracey Bates, an Arlington police officer and vice president of the Arlington Police Beneficiary Association, said it would exacerbate hiring issues or increase turnover on the force.

From Washington Post • Jul. 21, 2021

The idea originally was merely social, but so many objects claimed assistance that, in 1895, the Fraternal Beneficiary Association was added to help the widows and children of railway conductors.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Harper, Ida Husted




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