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Recent Examples of bequeath
Effectively, Newsom’s slow roll protects him from taking any meaningful actions, thus bequeathing reparations to his successor, like his many other unresolved California issues.
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
There are also wooden pews made for the school’s Bond Chapel and 72,000 glass slides from the art-history department, all of which were bequeathed to Gates over the years.
—Elizabeth Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2025
Following her death in 2022, the tiara was bequeathed to Queen Camilla.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025
Rewriting society’s decision-making Unlike biased pundits who hem, haw and hedge their bets, Web3 prediction markets cut through noise, bequeathing a signal that feeds into pricing mechanisms themselves.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
There are also wooden pews made for the school’s Bond Chapel and 72,000 glass slides from the art-history department, all of which were bequeathed to Gates over the years.
—Elizabeth Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2025
Following her death in 2022, the tiara was bequeathed to Queen Camilla.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025
Rewriting society’s decision-making Unlike biased pundits who hem, haw and hedge their bets, Web3 prediction markets cut through noise, bequeathing a signal that feeds into pricing mechanisms themselves.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bequeath
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The departure of Stockton and Warren leaves head coach Spencer Danielson with the task of replacing two secondary coaches.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Jan. 2026
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Members of the Minneapolis City Council, in a joint statement, demanded that ICE leave the city following the shooting.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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This time, Rice willed Michigan to the win, putting up 34 points in a 92-87 win.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Since then, Qatar has come to play the most prominent role in mediating between warring countries and factions within countries, willing itself into a mediation powerhouse spanning the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and the Americas.—
Galip Dalay,
Time,
6 Jan. 2026
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