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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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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

In this case, tax-exempt securities would be the biggest beneficiary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

The home is in my name with a beneficiary deed to my husband in case something happens to me first.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

Massaro said Trump's stake at the course "ultimately rests in a trust in the US, and as they have averred, the president is the beneficiary".

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Straight out, he confirmed that he was the beneficiary of just such a fund, and embarked on a great run of concession Now, was that wrong?

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

It is especially important for nonspouse beneficiaries who want to spread out the distributions—and the resulting tax bill—over 10 years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

For nonspouse beneficiaries to move inherited IRA assets while preserving their tax treatment, they must move the money directly from one custodian to another in a direct transfer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

More than 99% of Medicare beneficiaries will have access to at least one Medicare Advantage plan in 2027, while 97% will have access to 10 or more options.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

All of these are formally associated with the federal government, but all are the beneficiaries of congressionally enacted guarantees of substantial reportorial and editorial independence.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

Through all those years of solitude she had lived in one of the tenements where she used to say the rosary against the wishes of its intended beneficiaries in the days of her youth.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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