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recipient

[ri-sip-ee-uhnt] / rɪˈsɪp i ənt /
NOUN
receiver
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Your recipient will open it and probably be a little confused.

From Slate • May 17, 2026

In Illinois and other U.S. states, child support is not considered taxable income for the recipient or the donor, regardless of whether it’s paid in regular monthly installments or as a single lump sum.

From MarketWatch • May 16, 2026

Jaclyn is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and a recipient of Fulbright's Young Professional Journalist fellowship.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Signal also goes further than WhatsApp on data privacy, making metadata such as when the message was delivered and its recipient invisible even to the company itself.

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

Coal had been the recipient of lots of smiles from adults behind desks in his lifetime.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste




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