recipient

Example Sentences

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They build in operational transparency, which allows users to peek behind the curtain and be a part of how something works, not just a recipient of it.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

Europe’s most eager recipient of updates from America was Silas Deane, a Connecticut politician whom Congress had sent to Paris in March 1776 as a secret diplomat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The recipient is expected to wear the shoes and perform gratitude.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

Experts cited by Chile's Diario Financiero financial daily predicted that if the Chile-China Express cable was jettisoned by Santiago, Beijing would likely take it to Peru, the second-largest recipient of Chinese investment in Latin America.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

But the neurologist was persuasive, intimidatingly handsome, and the recipient of a fabulously coveted research grant.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver