recipient
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The Nobel Prize in literature has always been highly Eurocentric, so it is odd that the Netherlands has never fielded a recipient.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
It can attach to the first molecule it encounters, even if that molecule would not normally be the preferred electron recipient based on its ability to stabilize the added electron.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
“The recipient may be wealthier, but may also face substantially higher taxes, Medicare costs and administrative responsibilities at a stage of life when simplicity matters most.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
You are not a spectator to American democracy, and you are not a passive recipient of American constitutional meaning.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2026
Coal had been the recipient of lots of smiles from adults behind desks in his lifetime.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
Entities controlled by Amistad, including Amistad Merchant Funding, Amistad STF II and Amistad Debt Warehouse 1, were among the recipients of loans from Walter’s insurers Delaware Life and Clear Spring, according to their recent filings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
She described the incident as particularly serious because recipients were identifiable as people connected to a highly sensitive criminal investigation.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Between September 2025 and June, 246 scholarship recipients from Gaza were flown to Italy and San Marino in a series of evacuations through Italy's "IUPALS" program for Palestinian students, according to the foreign ministry.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Nearly three dozen indie movies, along with big animated films from Disney and DreamWorks Animation, are among the recipients of California’s latest round of film tax credits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
However, much of the music in children’s lives is “unchosen,” in other words they are passive recipients in much of the music in their lives, and not actively engaged in its selection.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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Academy Awards, List 1
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