receive

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Cal State L.A. will receive $48 million to add more students to its master of social work programs and provide more than 1,000 scholarships and grants for prospective students.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Other changes to the basic allowance for universal credit, paid to all claimants of the benefit, mean about three million families will receive an average increase of £120 this year.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

“If you capture the enemy pilot or pilots alive and hand them over to the police, you will receive a precious prize,” she said, with a backdrop of a military march.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

This means he could receive £200 less a month than Logan, and mum Erika says that is keeping her up at night.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

“You never receive any mail here, in all your time at the Mutton. And then that one comes, addressed to you here. I slid it under your door.”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin