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Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows - Lucid Air The Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows in Santa Monica has been a coastal icon since 1921, originally the private estate of a wealthy heiress before becoming a luxury hotel.
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Josh Max, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Built at the dawn of America’s Jazz Age in 1919, the Bullitt Mansion is the former residence of late lumber heiress and media maven Dorothy Stimson Bullitt.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 1 May 2025
Or on a morning hike along the Raritan River, which curls around the American Tudor estate originally built by the oil heiress Kate Ladd and her husband Walter in 1912, and recently reopened as a luxury resort called Pendry Natirar.
—Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
The six-part podcast series unravels the twisted tale of Stover, his ex-wife, the heiress, and the bodyguard.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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Josh Max, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Built at the dawn of America’s Jazz Age in 1919, the Bullitt Mansion is the former residence of late lumber heiress and media maven Dorothy Stimson Bullitt.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 1 May 2025
Or on a morning hike along the Raritan River, which curls around the American Tudor estate originally built by the oil heiress Kate Ladd and her husband Walter in 1912, and recently reopened as a luxury resort called Pendry Natirar.
—Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
The six-part podcast series unravels the twisted tale of Stover, his ex-wife, the heiress, and the bodyguard.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heiress
Noun
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His successor, Maresca, has certainly not won all of the fanbase over, even though a win at Nottingham Forest next week should secure a top-five finish and Champions League football for the first time in three years.—
Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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Now, in an act of serendipity, the successors of both spots, Patsy’s Pizzeria in East Harlem and Juliana’s Pizza in Brooklyn, have delivered their first out-of-state restaurants to Palm Beach County to compete — like all New York-style pizzerias do — against each other.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
17 May 2025
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Industries such as technology, finance, and academia remain some of the largest beneficiaries of the H-1B visa program.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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Citi reiterates Advanced Micro Devices as neutral and Micron as buy Citi said both stocks are beneficiaries of deals announced in Saudi Arabia earlier this week.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
15 May 2025
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Like Conerly, Simmons could challenge Moore for the left tackle spot and be the heir apparent at the position.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Apr. 2025
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Lorenzo Bertelli, one of Mr. Bertelli and Mrs. Prada’s two sons, is chief marketing officer and considered the heir apparent to the company, which was founded in 1913 by Mrs. Prada’s grandfather.—
Vanessa Friedman,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 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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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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Mu-jin, who stands to lose everything if Hong-rang is reinstated as guild heir, teams up with his adoptive younger sister Jae-yi to prove Lee’s character is not the Hong-rang.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
16 May 2025
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The original 1916 trophy is named after department store heir Rodman Wanamaker who was instrumental in the creation of the PGA of America.—
Patrick Snell,
CNN Money,
15 May 2025
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This allows collaboratives like the CARE Fund to bring funders and grantees together to assess needs and develop strategy.—
Tom Chiodo,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Contractors, vendors and grantees who work with state agencies must follow the same restrictions, and are barred from storing the data.—
Addison Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
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“Heiress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heiress. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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