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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
When a person dies, his claim passes to his heirs or devisees, subject to the administration of his estate.
—Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 26 Jan. 2020
Dallas News, 20 Feb. 2022
When a person dies, his claim passes to his heirs or devisees, subject to the administration of his estate.
—Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 26 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for devisee
Noun
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The changes are happening now, and the Trump stock market will be the lucky beneficiary.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
13 July 2025
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Paris, along with brothers Prince and Bigi, serve as beneficiaries of the late pop star's estate.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
12 July 2025
Noun
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Sometimes, assignees need to do tasks in a certain order, and the completion of some tasks might change what future tasks entail.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
21 July 2025
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Unless prior to the sale the bankruptcy trustee negotiates with the LLC managers to admit the purchaser, the purchaser at the judicial sale will not be anything more than an assignee of the distributional interest as was the result in this case.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Trump and allies, meanwhile, often cast him as legatee of Reagan.—
David Jackson,
USA TODAY,
8 Sep. 2024
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Humans, as legatees of this heritage, learn by seeing and visualizing.—
Stephen Jay Gould,
Discover Magazine,
11 Nov. 2019
Noun
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The first 13 grantees are expected to be announced in September.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
30 July 2025
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On July 1, the Department of Labor released about $86 million in funds to state recipients, but the national grantees’ funds were not released (something that’s typically done in May), several of the longtime participating nonprofit organizations told CNN.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
29 July 2025
Noun
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For years, Williams was seen as the logical heir to Tim Cook.—
Nate Bennett,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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At one point, the heir to the throne was shown kissing his wife on the cheek.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
9 July 2025
Noun
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Beginning in July 2026, claimants will be required to record three work search activities each week, up from the current one work search per week.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
22 July 2025
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Therefore, not all claimants nationwide are paid on the same date every month.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 July 2025
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“Devisee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devisee. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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