recipient
Example Sentences
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"I was an unwilling recipient of this kind of contact towards me."
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
The agreements signed so far require recipient countries to spend a combined $7.5 billion of their own money to supplement American funding, according to KFF.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 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
Armando at the Santa Monica location was the lucky recipient of my request.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
In the Aristotelian universe the earth had been the recipient of light but had given no light.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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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