beneficiary
noun
a person or group that receives benefits, profits, or advantages.
beneficiaries
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pluralof beneficiary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Voters head to the polls on Tuesday as beneficiaries of a stable job market and fatter salaries, but frustrated with the cost of living and President Trump’s handling of the economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
The worker-to-beneficiary ratio was 2.7 to 1 in 2023, according to Pew Research Center, far narrower than in 1965, when there were four times as many workers as there were beneficiaries.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
More than 465,000 beneficiaries, including 200,000 children, were stripped of program access.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
Using this type of flat rate structure would significantly decrease the amount that beneficiaries receive over their lifetimes.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
It was a healthy symbiotic relationship, for the Research Corporation would function as Berkeley’s patent agent, and the university would become one of the corporation’s most important beneficiaries.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
