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beneficiary

[ben-uh-fish-ee-er-ee, -fish-uh-ree] / ˌbɛn əˈfɪʃ iˌɛr i, -ˈfɪʃ ə ri /


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Last year, Microsoft was the third-largest beneficiary of the program, with 6,258 H-1B visas, according to data from U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

The company is a clear beneficiary of AI spending.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

The use of runners attacking space Kane creates is not new - Jude Bellingham and Morgan Rogers have previously found joy exploiting it, but Gordon has been the latest beneficiary, while starting out wide.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

If the money is paid to the beneficiary instead, the taxable portion of the distribution becomes income.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

But he may also, to some extent, be a beneficiary of this ongoing instability.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, an independent think tank, offers a more modest idea: Simply limit the dollar value of COLAs for higher earners to the amount received by median beneficiaries.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Still, shares fell, showing how lofty expectations from AI beneficiaries have become.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Global chip companies, including Micron, have been major beneficiaries of soaring demand for artificial intelligence.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

The problem for the market, he said, is that once such numbers are bandied about, any significant capex shortfall will badly damage sentiment toward the beneficiaries of such spending, particularly chip and data-center equipment makers.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

And had that, in fact, not occurred during and after the American Revolution, with the “band of brothers” he and Adams had come to symbolize being the obvious beneficiaries of the republican selection process?

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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