recipient

Example Sentences

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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

The heir has no freedom to designate the recipient of the disclaimed asset, as in, “I want this disclaimed amount to go to person X but not person Y.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The recipient is expected to wear the shoes and perform gratitude.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

Experts cited by Chile's Diario Financiero financial daily predicted that if the Chile-China Express cable was jettisoned by Santiago, Beijing would likely take it to Peru, the second-largest recipient of Chinese investment in Latin America.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 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