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recipients

  • plural
    of recipient.
    recipient
    noun
    a person or thing that receives; receiver.

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The impersonation was targeted at her personal phone, not government phone, but recipients included US senators, governors and top business executives.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

Between September 2025 and June, 246 scholarship recipients from Gaza were flown to Italy and San Marino in a series of evacuations through Italy's "IUPALS" program for Palestinian students, according to the foreign ministry.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

It can also be much more expensive to deliver eldercare if the care recipients are spread out over many miles of roads.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

According to Grissom, some of the increased demand can be attributed to changes in work requirements for CalFresh recipients.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

When shipments were ready to go, Gey would warn recipients that the cells were about to “metastasize” to their cities, so they could stand ready to fetch the shipment and rush back to their labs.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot