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
Huh said the Lees’ bequest fills a gap in the history of contemporary Korean art with work by nearly 300 20th-century artists included.
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Christy Choi, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
That bequest can include directions that the money be spent meeting the pet’s needs.
—Allison Anna Tait, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2025
For her, working at her family’s foundation, and later founding 21/64, provided a means to accept her bequest without shame.
—Christina Binkley, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2025
The Gummere bequest is one part of an overall campaign to increase the school’s endowment.
—Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
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Christy Choi, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
That bequest can include directions that the money be spent meeting the pet’s needs.
—Allison Anna Tait, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2025
For her, working at her family’s foundation, and later founding 21/64, provided a means to accept her bequest without shame.
—Christina Binkley, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2025
The Gummere bequest is one part of an overall campaign to increase the school’s endowment.
—Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bequest
inheritance
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Built by award-winning creatives and filmmakers, the studio serves as a radical act of love — honoring the elders who dreamed, labored, loved, and survived so future generations can claim their inheritance.—
TIME PR,
Time,
27 Jan. 2026
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The nation was to be purged of continual sin not indeed all of its own doing—due partly to its inheritance; and yet a sin, a negation that gave the world the right to sneer at the pretensions of this republic.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Bequest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bequest. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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