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Recent Examples of Synonyms for devisees
Noun
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An analysis by the progressive Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found that in the 12 months that ended September 2024, just over one-third of beneficiaries received the maximum amount.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
7 Nov. 2025 -
But buildings aren’t the only beneficiaries of these artworks.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
7 Nov. 2025
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They're easily valued, divisible and don't necessarily require ongoing maintenance, expenses, or contact with other heirs, experts said.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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Other pet owners who aren’t celebrities have used pet trusts as well, such as Bill Dorris, a Nashville businessman without any human heirs.—
Allison Anna Tait,
The Conversation,
4 Nov. 2025
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True to form, Lowell had her own version of events, telling a local paper that one of the claimants had brought a gang of thieves to her farm and threatened to kill her husband.—
Michael Waters,
New Yorker,
3 Jan. 2026
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Unclaimed property scam On its website, the state treasury has a warning about scammers using text messages to target potential unclaimed property claimants.—
Michael Guise,
CBS News,
19 Dec. 2025
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Over the next 25 years, more than $120 trillion in wealth will be passed down to inheritors, according to Cerulli Associates.—
Hayley Cuccinello,
CNBC,
16 Oct. 2025
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This is challenging, in part because loneliness is such a familiar theme in the 21st-century Indian American novel (blame Jhumpa Lahiri and her literary inheritors).—
Sanjena Sathian,
Vulture,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Devisees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devisees. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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