How to Use revocable in a Sentence

revocable

adjective
  • Living trusts are revocable trusts, which means they can be changed.
    Liz Weston | Nerdwallet.com, oregonlive, 27 Oct. 2019
  • As of then, all of the shares that Musk owned outright were in that revocable trust.
    Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
  • Placing his stake in a revocable trust allows it to be managed by others.
    Shawn Boburg, chicagotribune.com, 20 June 2017
  • Players must clear revocable waivers if a team wants to trade a player to any club, or work out a trade if a club were to claim a player.
    Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 1 Aug. 2017
  • And the owner generally must be a person or revocable trust set up by one.
    Kathleen Pender, SFChronicle.com, 4 Jan. 2020
  • The sales were made through a revocable trust controlled by Becker, filings show.
    Austin Weinstein, Fortune, 11 Mar. 2023
  • That license is revocable if the ticket holder disturbs the peace.
    Michael McCann, SI.com, 12 Sep. 2017
  • The use of a revocable trust is another popular way to avoid probate.
    Wesley E. Wright, Houston Chronicle, 16 Apr. 2020
  • Still, the Supreme Court has not tackled the question of when a pardon is no longer revocable.
    Kristine Phillips, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2020
  • The Rangers now have seven days to either trade Kennedy or place him on revocable outright waivers.
    Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 11 May 2023
  • That is the case for multiparty accounts, revocable trusts and wills.
    Dallas News, 22 Aug. 2021
  • Acting as the trustee of the revocable trust, the second layer is then created.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Some people put their house — and other assets that may be subject to probate — in a revocable living trust.
    Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026
  • A lot of people with revocable trusts want to place all their assets, including their homestead, into their trust.
    Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 6 Aug. 2023
  • The fundamental flaw with this structure is the revocable trust.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • So yes, the judge will be at my daughter's commencement because she's already booked a non-revocable ticket for the ride.
    Phillip Morris, cleveland.com, 21 June 2017
  • Dacey was an advocate of the revocable living trust to avoid probate and explained how to create one without a lawyer.
    Bob Carlson, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The assets that pass through a revocable living trust are nonprobate assets.
    Dallas News, 5 July 2020
  • That’s why major assets should be retitled into the name of your revocable living trust (see below).
    Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The identity or identities of the winners remained anonymous as the winnings were claimed in the name of a revocable trust.
    Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The role of an agent may be limited if Aunt Jane had set up a revocable trust (see below) to help manage her assets.
    Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
  • The criminal charges relate to four victims, plus a revocable trust created by one of the victims, who later died.
    Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Mother’s revocable trust was amended and then advanced about $30 million in cash in total to the three dynasty trusts.
    Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 6 June 2021
  • This only works if the bank account, brokerage account, or other asset is re-titled in the name of the revocable living trust!
    Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Weigh the value of a trust A trust comes in two forms, revocable (changeable) or irrevocable (not changeable).
    Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
  • All four parcels, each about 20 acres, are held under a revocable trust in the family’s name, according to property records.
    Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Agreements are revocable on impulse.
    Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Marmion’s original 2011 will directed her assets to be placed in a revocable trust.
    Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Mar. 2021
  • The revocable trust is a fundamental flaw, providing no shield against creditors.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • As the name indicates, revocable trusts typically have provisions allowing for assets to be moved at any time.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025

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