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Recent Examples of heiress
Milioti, who plays crime ring heiress Sofia Falcone on The Penguin, shared why she's drawn to the comic book universe on the latest episode of WTF With Marc Maron.
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Daysia Tolentino, EW.com, 17 June 2025
The initiative is funded by a foundation backed by Walmart heiress Christy Walton and led by Michael Osterholm, director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 15 June 2025
Walmart forced to respond after heiress releases full-page ad against Trump.
—FOXNews.com, 13 June 2025
Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of an heiress.
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—The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
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Daysia Tolentino, EW.com, 17 June 2025
The initiative is funded by a foundation backed by Walmart heiress Christy Walton and led by Michael Osterholm, director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 15 June 2025
Walmart forced to respond after heiress releases full-page ad against Trump.
—FOXNews.com, 13 June 2025
Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of an heiress.
4.
—The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heiress
Noun
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Cherki scored 12 and assisted 20 times for Lyon last season and is seen as the long-term successor to the outgoing Kevin De Bruyne.—
Oli Gamp,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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The actor rounds out the Buckley clan as Cane, Harlan's would-be successor.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
19 June 2025
Noun
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Social Security benefits account for 50% or more of the income nearly 42% of all beneficiaries, and 90% or more of the income of nearly 15% of beneficiaries.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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Due to the large number of beneficiaries, not all claimants receive their payments on the same day each month.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
Noun
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In other races, departing councilmembers are seeking to hand-pick their successors, throwing their weight behind current staffers and other heirs apparent.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
25 June 2025
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Princess Elisabeth, 23, is the eldest child and heir apparent to her father, the King, poised to make history as Belgium’s first queen regnant — the country’s first reigning female monarch.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
18 June 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
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When a person dies, his claim passes to his heirs or devisees, subject to the administration of his estate.—
Virginia Hammerle,
Dallas News,
26 Jan. 2020
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The result that the purchaser at the judicial sale ends up only as an assignee of the distributional rights, but without governance rights, is the result that will ordinarily be obtained outside of bankruptcy too.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 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 Pole is entering the last year of his contract signed when joining from Bayern Munich in the ‘economic levers’ summer of 2022, and Barca as of yet has no natural heir for him other than winger Ferran Torres or Dani Olmo playing as a false 9.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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That unnamed friend kept the dishes in his private collection until his own death, and his heirs decided to sell the ceramics in seven separate lots.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 June 2025
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Since January, the lawsuit argues that the administration has used that clause to cancel entire programs and thousands of grants that had been previously awarded to states and grantees.—
Michael Casey,
Denver Post,
25 June 2025
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Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images At the National Endowment for the Humanities, Cavanaugh and Fox notified nearly 1,500 grantees that their awards were terminated, using a nongovernmental Microsoft email account, according to a lawsuit challenging the agency's dismantling.—
Stephen Fowler,
NPR,
17 May 2025
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“Heiress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heiress. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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