coheirs

noun

variants or co-heirs
plural of coheir
as in coheiresses

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  1. successors
  2. beneficiaries
  3. assignees
Noun
  • People familiar with the deal’s progression said Lorch soon became involved in structuring key aspects of the deal beyond its financing, including how the board would sit for 15 years and choose its successors.
    — Cate Brown, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Trump’s successors will need to salvage his defective effort to help guide this transition.
    — Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of successors
Noun
  • In short, the encyclopedia is being destroyed by its biggest beneficiaries, like a golden goose slaughtered for slop-pâté.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
  • This indicates that insurers are either scaling back or removing Medicare Advantage plans completely and many Medicare beneficiaries will need to find new plans for 2027.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of beneficiaries
Noun
  • Agents in Jira are generally available, allowing teams to assign work items to AI agents using the same interface as for human assignees, with full audit logging designed for compliance teams.
    — Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
  • To assign a task, simply tick a box, add a description, choose assignees, and input an optional due date.
    — Robert Anderson, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
Definition of assignees
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