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to give by means of a will
having no heir, he bequeathed his house to his local church
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Recent Examples of bequeathed
The pooches were bequeathed to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson when Britain's longest-reigning monarch died in 2022.
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Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 7 June 2026
To mark the occasion, Heritage Auctions is auctioning 101 lots online containing personal items that belonged to Norman and Hedda Rosten, two close friends of Monroe for the last seven years of her life, bequeathed to them over the course of their friendship.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 1 June 2026
One version of the nation’s history anchors itself in the efforts to navigate those tempests, to better the imperfect tools bequeathed to us by imperfect men.
—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Among the additions to the AKG holdings in that time was the estate of Marisol, a Pop artist who bequeathed it to the museum upon her death in 2016; the museum organized an acclaimed traveling retrospective of her art that first opened in 2023 and landed at the museum the following year.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Herrera’s single off reliever Steven Okert scored one of the runners Burrows bequeathed.
—Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2026
Upon her death in 2022, the Crown Jewels were bequeathed to her son, King Charles.
—Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 8 Apr. 2026
To the presentation of personal items, all culled from the trove of clothing and ephemera (photos, letters, books) that Talley bequeathed to SCAD in 2022, Gomes has added some of the gifts to the school’s permanent collection that the style arbiter coaxed out of his designer friends.
—Amy Fine Collins, Air Mail, 28 Mar. 2026
Indyke and Kahn serve as co-executors of Epstein's estate, were bequeathed by Epstein $50 and $25 million respectively, and managed Epstein's legal and financial affairs.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 7 June 2026
To mark the occasion, Heritage Auctions is auctioning 101 lots online containing personal items that belonged to Norman and Hedda Rosten, two close friends of Monroe for the last seven years of her life, bequeathed to them over the course of their friendship.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 1 June 2026
One version of the nation’s history anchors itself in the efforts to navigate those tempests, to better the imperfect tools bequeathed to us by imperfect men.
—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Among the additions to the AKG holdings in that time was the estate of Marisol, a Pop artist who bequeathed it to the museum upon her death in 2016; the museum organized an acclaimed traveling retrospective of her art that first opened in 2023 and landed at the museum the following year.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Herrera’s single off reliever Steven Okert scored one of the runners Burrows bequeathed.
—Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2026
Upon her death in 2022, the Crown Jewels were bequeathed to her son, King Charles.
—Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 8 Apr. 2026
To the presentation of personal items, all culled from the trove of clothing and ephemera (photos, letters, books) that Talley bequeathed to SCAD in 2022, Gomes has added some of the gifts to the school’s permanent collection that the style arbiter coaxed out of his designer friends.
—Amy Fine Collins, Air Mail, 28 Mar. 2026
Indyke and Kahn serve as co-executors of Epstein's estate, were bequeathed by Epstein $50 and $25 million respectively, and managed Epstein's legal and financial affairs.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bequeathed
willed
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Messi willed Argentina to victory in the 2022 World Cup, won four UEFA Champions League titles with Barcelona and was honored a record eight times with the Ballon d’Or, given the world’s top player each year.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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The Heavy even willed the Brother Wallace stage name into existence.—
Selena Fragassi,
SPIN,
1 June 2026
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“Bequeathed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bequeathed. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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