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Recent Examples of heiress
Mitzi Perdue, the billionaire heiress of Sheraton Hotels and Perdue Farms, doesn’t even own a car—let alone a flashy one.
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 19 May 2026
The backstory The original estate goes back to 1912, when the Tudor-style mansion was built for Walter Ladd and his heiress wife, socialite/philanthropist Kate Macy Ladd, who soon opened a convalescent facility on the estate for sick and needy women.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026
The drama began as far as back as April 2022, during his nuptials to the heiress-actress at the Peltz mansion.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 13 May 2026
Tate was murdered along with celebrity hairstylist Jay Sebring, coffee heiress Abigail Folger and writer Wojciech Frykowski.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 19 May 2026
The backstory The original estate goes back to 1912, when the Tudor-style mansion was built for Walter Ladd and his heiress wife, socialite/philanthropist Kate Macy Ladd, who soon opened a convalescent facility on the estate for sick and needy women.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026
The drama began as far as back as April 2022, during his nuptials to the heiress-actress at the Peltz mansion.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 13 May 2026
Tate was murdered along with celebrity hairstylist Jay Sebring, coffee heiress Abigail Folger and writer Wojciech Frykowski.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heiress
Noun
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Ilunga’s successors tried to reclaim the incident as a moment of humour, too.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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More recent studies, carried out amid a larger crisis to replicate research results in the behavioral sciences, have cast doubt on the findings of Mischel and his successors.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
Noun
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Therefore, his beneficiaries weren’t entitled to a payout.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
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The amount beneficiaries receive varies based on several factors, including the number of people filing.—
Kiara Moore,
The Washington Examiner,
13 June 2026
Noun
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After the disastrous ’24 season, Getz fired White Sox manager Pedro Grifol and hired Rangers bench coach Will Venable, who’d been the heir apparent there to succeed Bruce Bochy.—
Bill Madden,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2026
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Years into the overhaul, Mulally’s then–heir apparent Mark Fields recalled how the CEO had empowered executives to defy Ford’s long-standing culture that buried bad news.—
Claire Zillman,
Fortune,
12 June 2026
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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Agents in Jira are generally available, allowing teams to assign work items to AI agents using the same interface as for human assignees, with full audit logging designed for compliance teams.—
Steve McDowell,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2026
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To assign a task, simply tick a box, add a description, choose assignees, and input an optional due date.—
Robert Anderson,
PC Magazine,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The 52-year-old wife of Crown Prince Haakon, the heir to the Norwegian throne, was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis in 2018, a chronic disease that causes scarring in the lungs and leads to a reduced oxygen uptake.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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The heir to a newspaper fortune, Logan meets Rory at Yale and gets off to a rocky start while working on the Yale Daily News together.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 June 2026
Noun
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Each agency shall assess grant conditions and grantee preferences and ensure grant funds do not promote gender ideology.—
Preston Mizell , Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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The foundation staff and board members visited every grantee and talked to their staff about what was working, what wasn’t, and what their goals were for the near future.—
Igor Studenkov,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Heiress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heiress. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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