recipient
Example Sentences
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Army combat veteran and a Purple Heart recipient.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
"I'll stay here day by day," Lau, a 48-year-old welfare recipient who had received an eviction notice months ago, told AFP.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
The innocence of the recipient is no defence.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
Armando at the Santa Monica location was the lucky recipient of my request.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
Unlike any other aid recipient in the world, North Korea’s government insisted on sole authority for transporting donated food.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
Vocabulary lists containing recipient
Academy Awards, List 1
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This Week In Words: March 29–April 4, 2020
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"Tinker v. Des Moines": Excerpts from Justice Fortas's Opinion
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