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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
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Three goals were scored that way on Saturday in the Premier League, with Brentford’s Vitaly Janelt, West Ham United’s Valentin Castellanos, and Manchester United’s Fernandes the chief beneficiaries.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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That’s now changing, and the biggest beneficiaries won’t be programmers.—
David Heacock,
Fortune,
8 Feb. 2026
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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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As a mere assignee of Addington's interest, BAL did not gain Addington's governance rights.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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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
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Because Scott’s gifts are unrestricted—meaning the donation can be used at the discretion of the grantee—there’s no concrete evidence that Scott’s 2021 or 2025 donations went directly to SJP or AMP.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
6 Jan. 2026
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Federal appeals court judges on Monday upheld a lower court’s ruling preventing the National Institutes of Health from cutting billions of dollars in support for research overhead at universities, academic medical centers, and other grantee institutions.—
Jonathan Wosen,
STAT,
5 Jan. 2026
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Saif al-Islam Gadhafi was once seen as the heir-apparent to his dictator father –– who was executed after his regime was toppled at the height of the Arab Spring protests in 2011 –– and had in recent years been making a play to return to politics in Libya.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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Pine has been chosen, unconsciously or not, by Roper as his heir and executioner.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Feb. 2026
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Some claimants alleged the Google devices recorded private conversations about financial issues, personal decisions and employment.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Hanoi also is balancing ties with major powers including China, its largest trading partner and rival claimant in the South China Sea.—
Aniruddha Ghosal,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2026
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After the world’s nuclear annihilation, the Enclave emerged from the ash and embers claiming to be the true inheritor of America.—
Jack King,
Vulture,
14 Jan. 2026
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The initiative positions Arkansas as the sole inheritor and national administrator of the fund.—
Sydney Sasser,
Arkansas Online,
19 Dec. 2025
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“Devisee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devisee. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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