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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

What truly fascinates Touchet is the key witness for the Claimant, a former servant and employee of the Tichborne family, Andrew Bogle.

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

They believe with the Claimant that "Sum folks has branes, and sum folks has money, and them what has money is made for them what has branes."

From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John




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