scion

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Recent Examples on the Web The legislation means the scions in the 2026 freshman classes at Stanford and USC are likely to be noticeably fewer and farther between. Jane Thier, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024 The Angolan government’s case against the businesswoman and former political scion Isabel dos Santos likewise proved very popular. Branko Milanovic, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2024 At 43, Koizumi, former environment minister and scion of a political dynasty, represented generational change. William Pesek, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024 His leadership at Tata was not without controversy — most notably a bitter public feud after the company ousted Cyrus Mistry, a scion of the billionaire Shapoorji Pallonji clan, as chairman of Tata Sons in 2016. Reuters, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for scion 

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“Scion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scion. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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