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claimant

[kley-muhnt] / ˈkleɪ mənt /
NOUN
petitioner
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK


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Claimant numbers, for PIP and Universal Credit payments, have increased significantly in the four years since the pandemic, driven by an increase in those claiming for mental and behavioural problems as their main condition.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2025

He consistently repeats that the Claimant is Tichborne, whom he’s known since childhood.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2023

The novel has its origins in the case of the Tichborne Claimant.

From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2018

Mr. Sinclair and his two siblings were also skeptical of the fee the company, Legal Claimant Services, a division of Keane, was seeking: 36 percent of the account’s value.

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2013

"The Claimant" would certainly have made "a big round landlord."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 11, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir




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