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Recent Examples of devisee
That can obviously set up some interesting, and potentially uncomfortable, situations for both the devisee and your surviving spouse.
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Dallas News, 20 Feb. 2022
Dallas News, 20 Feb. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for devisee
Noun
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In the eventual divorce settlement, Burden is listed as a beneficiary of no fewer than five trusts.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
23 May 2026
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The 10-year rule is so confusing that beneficiaries have been making a lot of mistakes.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
Noun
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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
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The charging order can also be foreclosed upon by a creditor in many jurisdictions, which means that it is sold at an auction and the purchaser at the auction becomes an involuntary assignee of the interest ― but the purchaser's interest is not affected by the satisfaction of the judgment.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The old immigrants are likely to remain—in the manner of the occasional Wasp legatee (Wagner, Lindsay) who poked in during the buoyant sixties—more visitors to wars over civic power than victors in them.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Trump and allies, meanwhile, often cast him as legatee of Reagan.—
David Jackson,
USA TODAY,
8 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Each agency shall assess grant conditions and grantee preferences and ensure grant funds do not promote gender ideology.—
Preston Mizell , Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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The foundation staff and board members visited every grantee and talked to their staff about what was working, what wasn’t, and what their goals were for the near future.—
Igor Studenkov,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Along with the heir to the estate, the four soon experience strange sights and sounds, but only one, Eleanor, sees things others do not.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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The Canadian-Norwegian co-production for CBC and NRK follows a spoiled Norwegian factory heir from the 1800s, who forces a group of reluctant underlings to the American Wild West to gather material for his novel.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
26 May 2026
Noun
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However, when volume spikes, a claimant may sit in a queue for an hour or longer.—
Arnold Sotelo,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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Meanwhile, claimants in the trial argued that criminal proceedings will move slowly, bringing financial hardship for some who lost their family breadwinner in the collapse.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
Noun
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His inheritor would truly get the movement going.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The inheritors of this wealth expect personalization, speed and seamless digital experiences.—
Bill Capuzzi,
Forbes.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Devisee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devisee. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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