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Recent Examples of executor
In the meantime, his sister Jody Allen, the executor of his will and trust, has maintained the Seahawks’ winning ways.
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Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 8 Feb. 2026
Childfree Trust partners with a trust company to offer childless individuals and couples medical and financial power of attorney and the ability to act as executor and trustee of the estate.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
That can be costly, but the expenses come out of the estate itself, not the heirs’ or executors’ pockets.
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
One reason is that an executor of your estate only has control over the probate assets.
—Virginia Hammerle, Dallas Morning News, 18 Jan. 2026
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Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 8 Feb. 2026
Childfree Trust partners with a trust company to offer childless individuals and couples medical and financial power of attorney and the ability to act as executor and trustee of the estate.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
That can be costly, but the expenses come out of the estate itself, not the heirs’ or executors’ pockets.
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
One reason is that an executor of your estate only has control over the probate assets.
—Virginia Hammerle, Dallas Morning News, 18 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for executor
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Because of Jesse, the Democratic Party changed its rules, ending the winner-take-all distribution of delegates during presidential primaries, which meant underdogs and outsiders like Bill Clinton or Bernie Sanders could stay competitive and build momentum instead of getting knocked out early.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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But Grégory Caulier, the general delegate of the César Awards, released a statement to Variety, putting conspiracy theories to rest.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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On the agent side, depending on the complexity of the work and the amount of agent involvement, clients are very willing to pay for that.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Prosecutors asked the city to contact an FBI agent to comply with the subpoena.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Iran and its proxies have a long history of conducting attacks abroad.—
Colin P. Clarke,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2026
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But transformation imposed at gunpoint, through a proxy force assembled in days without a clear political strategy and without a plan for the morning after, is not liberation.—
John Calabrese,
The Conversation,
7 Mar. 2026
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Carmen Mejia, who was declared innocent after spending more than 20 years behind bars for a wrongful conviction in a child's death in Texas, faces deportation to her native Honduras because her immigration status lapsed while she was incarcerated, her attorneys said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026
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Defense attorneys have argued that antifa is an ideology and not a formal organization to which the defendants belong.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Mar. 2026
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Oncor representative Ashton Miller explained that the substation powers the surrounding neighborhood.—
Emily Holshouser,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Mar. 2026
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In January, Rourke’s management team set up a GoFundMe to help keep the actor in his home, with his representative Kimberly Hines listed as the benefactor.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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Nicole Crosby, a deputy city attorney who lives in Clairemont, said bike lanes don’t make a lot of sense in communities like Clairemont where hills and canyons are a major challenge.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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White House deputy chief of staff James Blair told House Republicans in a closed-door meeting at their retreat Tuesday that their messaging on deportations should focus on efforts to remove criminals from the US, a person familiar with his comments told Semafor (comments first reported by Axios).—
Shelby Talcott,
semafor.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Executor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/executor. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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