benefactors
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Nearly every state in the U.S. has a version of California’s slayer statute, which effectively disinherits beneficiaries who’ve “feloniously and intentionally” killed their benefactors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Putting their trust in the Canadian the Carvilles, along with a Portuguese family who had also become the benefactors of this random act of kindness, walked to the stadium.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Supported by unnamed donors, he offers encouragement and religious-based morale boosts to politicians or their mutual benefactors.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026
“I think the market is saying these financial companies are going to be the biggest benefactors of AI,” with margin and operational efficiency improvements, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 4, 2026
I felt ashamed to appear before my benefactors so clad.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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