: a woman who is an heir especially to great wealth
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Nespresso’s latest campaign stars George Clooney as a detective tasked with uncovering the thief who stole the brand’s colorful coffee capsules from an heiress — and Eva Longoria plays one of the prime suspects.—Erin Clements, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025 Celebrity hotel heiress Paris Hilton learned from watching KABC-TV that her Malibu home, where her son had taken his first steps, had burned.—Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025 Audiences savored White’s scathing dialogue, actor Jennifer Coolidge’s tragicomic performance as the emotionally indigent heiress Tanya McQuoid, and the show’s sly insights into how money comes to shape our every relationship.—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025 In his unsettling adaptation of Hearst’s autobiography, Schrader never once sensationalizes the heiress’s plight, instead choosing to simply telegraph her limited perspective.—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for heiress
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