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Recent Examples of bequeath
In turn, these Asian economies bequeathed textiles and other light industries to China.
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Andy Browne, semafor.com, 13 Nov. 2025
But her throne was practically washed away when her late husband Skeet (Bruce Dern) bequeathed his estate to his daughter, Linda (Laura Dern).
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
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Andy Browne, semafor.com, 13 Nov. 2025
But her throne was practically washed away when her late husband Skeet (Bruce Dern) bequeathed his estate to his daughter, Linda (Laura Dern).
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bequeath
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Such vague commands, the court said, leave agents guessing how to respond during fast-moving protest situations and expose them to possible contempt sanctions.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Jan. 2026
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The auction house leaves behind its more cloistered Madison Avenue home for airy galleries in an 80-foot glass atrium, as well as an opulent neoclassical rotunda in the historic Steinway Hall.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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Some questionable play-calling by the Falcons that didn’t milk the clock helped, but Brady willed his team to victory, leading them to a pair of touchdowns in the final six minutes of regulation.—
Greg Rajan,
Houston Chronicle,
6 Feb. 2026
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Testifying under a Jane Doe pseudonym at the Chicago trial in August 2022, Landfair willed herself to look directly at Kelly.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Bequeath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bequeath. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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