disinheriting

Definition of disinheritingnext
present participle of disinherit

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinheriting
Verb
  • Nobody was depriving you of food or water, or chaining you up.
    KC Baker, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Two weeks after Alt’s ankle was mangled, depriving Herbert of his blindside protector, the quarterback and the offense came a cropper in a 30-6 blowout at Jacksonville in mid-November.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The War of the Two Caesars also serves as a nice mirror for everything going down with the Brotherhood, Elder Cleric Quintus still hellbent on usurping the Commonwealth despite the arrival of Kumail Nanjiani’s Paladin Xander Harkness, an emissary from that neck of the woods.
    Jack King, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The District of Columbia attorney general, however, accused the administration of unlawfully usurping control of the city’s law enforcement and violating a law prohibiting troops from doing domestic police work.
    Michael Collins, USA Today, 27 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • This year’s edition of the international trade fair Heimtextil, held annually in Frankfurt, Germany, will explore these transformations and how the textile sector can successfully implement AI—without stripping value from creators (or consumers).
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The day prior, Yungblud kicked off his Australian arrival with a bang—quite literally stripping down to nothing on a Sydney Harbour yacht alongside socialite Dina Broadhurst.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 10 Jan. 2026
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“Disinheriting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinheriting. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.

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