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recipient

[ri-sip-ee-uhnt] / rɪˈsɪp i ənt /
NOUN
receiver
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On Wednesday, lawyers for the Victoria Cross recipient did not immediately apply for bail.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

They build in operational transparency, which allows users to peek behind the curtain and be a part of how something works, not just a recipient of it.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

Switching gears again, he imagined himself an Oscar recipient, crowned and robed and serenaded by Josh Groban.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

The programme's main recipient, it had been set to receive 43.73 billion euros from the total envelope before Nawrocki's veto.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

In the Aristotelian universe the earth had been the recipient of light but had given no light.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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