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recipient

[ri-sip-ee-uhnt] / rɪˈsɪp i ənt /
NOUN
receiver
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You are not a spectator to American democracy, and you are not a passive recipient of American constitutional meaning.

From Slate Jul. 18, 2026

Federal law requires every recipient to file a tax return at the end of the year and reconcile what he received against what he was actually owed.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Regulators, external do ask private UK clinics to assess the welfare of the resulting child and the physical ability of the recipient to carry a pregnancy safely.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

Thirteen red cards have been issued in this summer’s World Cup and Balolgun is the only recipient who has been cleared to play.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

Liverpool was soon the happy recipient of Lawrence’s blueprints and two English-born, Rad Lab—trained physicists, dispatched to help Chad wick build his machine.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

The checks never reached their destination and were deposited into a JPMorgan Chase account not associated with any of the intended recipients, the Justice Department said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

He was later made a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2007 and accepted a knighthood in 2022 after changes to New Zealand's honours system allowed recipients to adopt titular honours.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

According to the American Immigration Council, recipients have also been “increasingly targeted for detention and deportation.”

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

The deal focuses on Memo’s experimental drug potravitug for the treatment of nephropathy associated with BK polyomavirus, a complication in kidney transplant recipients, Ipsen said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

I made my family the focus and recipients of my intense energy.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry




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