recipient
Example Sentences
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"I was an unwilling recipient of this kind of contact towards me."
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
He is the recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, the Arthur W. Page Center Integrity in Public Communications award, and multiple journalism awards.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
"I'll stay here day by day," Lau, a 48-year-old welfare recipient who had received an eviction notice months ago, told AFP.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
Armando at the Santa Monica location was the lucky recipient of my request.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
Those who did not want to write gave Amaranta verbal messages, which she wrote down in a notebook with the name and date of death of the recipient.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vocabulary lists containing recipient
Academy Awards, List 1
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This Week In Words: March 29–April 4, 2020
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"Tinker v. Des Moines": Excerpts from Justice Fortas's Opinion
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