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Recent Examples of heiress
The abode was previously owned by oil heiress Aileen Getty, who, in exchange, acquired Pitt’s own old house in the eastern Hollywood Hills at a cost of $33 million.
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J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 27 June 2025
Publishing heiress and billionaire philanthropist Wallis Annenberg, a longtime supporter of the arts, wildlife, education and the elderly through her family foundation, died July 28 at her home in Los Angeles.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 29 July 2025
The fish-out-of-water tale follows Mia, a young and spoiled New York heiress sent by her grandfather to Palermo, without money or luxuries, to work as a real estate agent in the family business.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2025
Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of an heiress.
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—Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
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J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 27 June 2025
Publishing heiress and billionaire philanthropist Wallis Annenberg, a longtime supporter of the arts, wildlife, education and the elderly through her family foundation, died July 28 at her home in Los Angeles.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 29 July 2025
The fish-out-of-water tale follows Mia, a young and spoiled New York heiress sent by her grandfather to Palermo, without money or luxuries, to work as a real estate agent in the family business.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2025
Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of an heiress.
4.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heiress
Noun
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Trump has refrained from endorsing a successor and declined to endorse Vice President JD Vance for the role in February.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
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From the current queen to her future successor, there are no doubt countless lessons for Queen Letizia to teach Princess Leonor.—
Ben Jureidini,
Glamour,
5 Aug. 2025
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The London Stock Exchange, with its deep capital markets and a regulatory framework the SEC knows well, could be a significant beneficiary.—
Ganesh Rao,
CNBC,
5 Aug. 2025
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This year, the beneficiaries are the Event Zero Foundation and James Beard Foundation.—
Michele Herrmann,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Brown arrived in Detroit for the fourth stop on the North American leg of his Breezy Bowl XX tour, which marks 20 years since Brown broke big as a teen R&B sensation — a supremely skilled singer and dancer touted then by some as a Michael Jackson heir apparent.—
Brian McCollum,
Freep.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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Student protesters pushing Chinese political leaders to adopt liberal reforms found tacit support from Deng’s second heir apparent, Zhao Ziyang, until Deng pushed him aside and placed him under house arrest.—
TYLER JOST,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Aug. 2025
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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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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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Unless prior to the sale the bankruptcy trustee negotiates with the LLC managers to admit the purchaser, the purchaser at the judicial sale will not be anything more than an assignee of the distributional interest as was the result in this case.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Pressed by reporters about whether Ellison’s Paramount Skydance had a side deal to air public service announcements, the Oracle heir and new CEO of the company said that settlement had been made by prior leadership.—
Erik Hayden,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
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Estate planning for collectors must include both obvious and subtle assets, and heirs should never assume that value is always visible on the surface.—
Matthew F. Erskine,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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The foundation is working with over 300 global partners and grantees to advance the research and development of products to improve maternal health, gynecological and menstrual health among other areas of underfunded care around the world.—
Thomas Gallagher,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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As a grantee, we're required to use a housing first approach.—
A Martínez,
NPR,
28 July 2025
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“Heiress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heiress. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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