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recipient

[ri-sip-ee-uhnt] / rɪˈsɪp i ənt /
NOUN
receiver
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The recipient is expected to wear the shoes and perform gratitude.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 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

Nebius Group is the latest recipient of an Nvidia investment, and shareholders of the neocloud company seemed pleased about the vote of confidence.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026

She is a past recipient of the Dart Award for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma, and she was selected as a participant for the Online News Association’s Women’s Leadership Accelerator.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

This wouldn’t be so bad if Mr. Dussel weren’t such a tattletale and hadn’t singled out Mother to be the recipient of his reports.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank