coheiresses

noun

variants or co-heiresses
plural of coheiress
as in coheirs

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  1. successors
  2. beneficiaries
Noun
  • The priorities of their successors go a long way to explaining why that ambition has not been realised.
    — Sverre Alvik, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • That work is arguably getting harder as chief executives stay in the job longer, causing their possible successors to get restless; some are bolting to jobs elsewhere or retiring themselves.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of successors
Noun
  • By the summer of 2023, Joe Shymanski had bought a million-dollar life insurance policy listing his two minor children as beneficiaries.
    — Nikki Battiste, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Mitchell Zuckerman, a cofounder of Art Market Advisors and a former Sotheby’s executive, told me that executors and beneficiaries frequently choose guarantees.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of beneficiaries
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“Coheiresses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coheiresses. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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