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recipient

[ri-sip-ee-uhnt] / rɪˈsɪp i ənt /
NOUN
receiver
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In Illinois and other U.S. states, child support is not considered taxable income for the recipient or the donor, regardless of whether it’s paid in regular monthly installments or as a single lump sum.

From MarketWatch • May 16, 2026

Some states are seeing dramatic declines in recipient numbers, and experts are expressing concern that this will result in vulnerable Americans not getting enough to eat.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Signal also goes further than WhatsApp on data privacy, making metadata such as when the message was delivered and its recipient invisible even to the company itself.

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

As a recipient of the Alfred Friendly Press Partners fellowship from the Missouri School of Journalism, he focuses his reporting on migration, education, crime and justice, and the South Asian diaspora in the Americas.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

Unlike any other aid recipient in the world, North Korea’s government insisted on sole authority for transporting donated food.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden




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