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Recent Examples of heiress
Catriona, the charming young heiress to a vast oil fortune, and her two year old son Adam, were brutally kidnapped at gunpoint outside a fish and chip shop in Fife.
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Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
This extraordinary collection of two volumes of poems and a third of prose shows the empathy, intuition, and exquisite use of the natural world that make Oliver the heiress of Emerson and Thoreau.
—Audiofile Magazine
september 30, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
In 1984 Catriona Grant, an heiress to an oil fortune, was kidnapped at gunpoint outside a fish and chips shop with her 2-year-old son Adam.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
Alas, by then the cheese heiress has skipped the country, and one Mickey Finn later our gumshoe comes to consciousness aboard an eastbound ship on the Atlantic.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
This extraordinary collection of two volumes of poems and a third of prose shows the empathy, intuition, and exquisite use of the natural world that make Oliver the heiress of Emerson and Thoreau.
—Audiofile Magazine
september 30, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
In 1984 Catriona Grant, an heiress to an oil fortune, was kidnapped at gunpoint outside a fish and chips shop with her 2-year-old son Adam.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
Alas, by then the cheese heiress has skipped the country, and one Mickey Finn later our gumshoe comes to consciousness aboard an eastbound ship on the Atlantic.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heiress
Noun
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All decisions were made under Amazon MGM Studios’ outgoing Head of Global TV Vernon Sanders; the last three were finalized after Peter Friedlander had been announced as his successor.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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The second season feels very much a worthy successor to the first season.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Oct. 2025
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The group, which includes unicorns like Palmer Luckey’s Anduril, Shield AI and artificial intelligence beneficiary Palantir, is taking on legacy giants such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, that have long leaned on contracts from the Pentagon.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
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Altogether, 82 percent of Medicare beneficiaries say affordability is the top priority when choosing a new plan and 60 percent would switch if their doctor moved out-of-network or key treatments were no longer covered, according to the poll.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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When King got to Texas A&M in 2020, Kellen Mond was a senior and King was the heir apparent, appearing in two games that season and becoming the starter in 2021.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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The exhibition featured several designs, including pieces worn by Queen Mathilde, her eldest daughter and heir apparent Princess Elisabeth, as well as Queen Maxima.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That can obviously set up some interesting, and potentially uncomfortable, situations for both the devisee and your surviving spouse.—
Dallas News,
Dallas News,
20 Feb. 2022
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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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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Royal experts previously told Fox News Digital that Harry and his brother, Prince William, the heir to the throne, are still not on speaking terms.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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For the heir to the throne and his wife, Kate Middleton, though, change doesn’t mean upheaval but rather modernization — a monarchy more emotionally attuned and grounded in everyday life.—
Erin Hill,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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Palfrey noted other government funding cuts, including to the US Agency for International Development and other federal grants, have meant that organizations like the MacArthur Foundation are already racing to disburse money to their grantees to help plug the gaps.—
Vittoria Elliott,
Wired News,
2 Oct. 2025
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Branches was also named a 2024 Citi Community Progress Makers grantee, receiving $1 million over three years.—
Christina Mayo,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Heiress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heiress. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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