as in inheritance
something that is or may be inherited
left small bequests to all of her nieces and nephews
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Recent Examples of bequest
Generally speaking, people shouldn’t be asking for bequests for themselves.
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Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon arrives to testify at the Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year 2026 budget bequest for the Department of Education on Tuesday, June 3, 2025.
—Dan Gooding
jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
Some believed that Griffith’s mighty bequest was also angled, in part, to dodge taxes.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
But his and Anne’s ultimate bequest to their daughter is the ability to struggle against her resentment rather than sinking permanently into it.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 3 June 2025
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Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon arrives to testify at the Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year 2026 budget bequest for the Department of Education on Tuesday, June 3, 2025.
—Dan Gooding
jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
Some believed that Griffith’s mighty bequest was also angled, in part, to dodge taxes.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
But his and Anne’s ultimate bequest to their daughter is the ability to struggle against her resentment rather than sinking permanently into it.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bequest
inheritance
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Hans is engaged to a fellow performer, but Cleopatra has her eyes on Hans’s sizable inheritance.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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While the case was later dropped, the former King lost his public stipend from the State's General Budget as punishment from the crown, and King Felipe agreed to give up all inheritance from his father.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Bequest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bequest. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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