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Recent Examples of heiress
However, the hotel heiress—who shares son Phoenix, 3, and daughter London, 2, with Carter Reum—made an adorable exception on Tuesday night, looking straight out of a fairy tale in a dreamy chiffon gown while posing for rare red carpet photos with her toddlers.
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Lara Walsh, InStyle, 21 Jan. 2026
It’s long been rumored that tensions between Brooklyn Beckham and his famous parents, Sir David and Lady Victoria Beckham, grew in the run-up to his April 2022 wedding to heiress Nicola Peltz, especially after his mother reportedly declined to design the bride’s wedding dress.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
This classic centers on Ellie (Claudette Colbert), a pampered heiress who defies her father's riches by eloping with a pilot who's only after her money.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Jan. 2026
Released in 1958, Attack told of a wealthy heiress, fresh from a stint at a mental institution, who is turned into a giantess and then deals with her philandering husband and his no-good, money-grubbing floozy.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026
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Lara Walsh, InStyle, 21 Jan. 2026
It’s long been rumored that tensions between Brooklyn Beckham and his famous parents, Sir David and Lady Victoria Beckham, grew in the run-up to his April 2022 wedding to heiress Nicola Peltz, especially after his mother reportedly declined to design the bride’s wedding dress.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
This classic centers on Ellie (Claudette Colbert), a pampered heiress who defies her father's riches by eloping with a pilot who's only after her money.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Jan. 2026
Released in 1958, Attack told of a wealthy heiress, fresh from a stint at a mental institution, who is turned into a giantess and then deals with her philandering husband and his no-good, money-grubbing floozy.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heiress
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Jackson and his supporters sought to portray him as King’s natural successor in the civil rights arena.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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His successor, Nicolás Maduro, narrowly won the following month’s presidential vote in an election the opposition heavily denounced as fraudulent.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2026
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The permissible purposes for a 529 have recently expanded to allow up to $20,000 annually per beneficiary for K-12 tuition, tutoring, special needs therapies, nondegree credentialing programs and, sometimes, rollovers to Roth IRAs.—
Virginia Hammerle,
Dallas Morning News,
15 Feb. 2026
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Great Again movement and whose company is a major beneficiary of Republicans’ drive to pump unprecedented amounts of money into immigration enforcement.—
Andrew Graham,
Sacbee.com,
15 Feb. 2026
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The pendant was believed to have been created in 1518 to celebrate the betrothal of Henry and Katherine’s daughter Mary to the French heir apparent.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
10 Feb. 2026
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His son Amadon, 35, is the heir apparent.—
Jane Borden,
Rolling Stone,
5 Feb. 2026
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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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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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The all-year-round surf scene here is so attractive that it’s even famed for being a regular favorite of Morocco’s royal heirs.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Feb. 2026
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Of course, in this version Shankar also turns out to be the heir to a kingdom.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
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Because Scott’s gifts are unrestricted—meaning the donation can be used at the discretion of the grantee—there’s no concrete evidence that Scott’s 2021 or 2025 donations went directly to SJP or AMP.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
6 Jan. 2026
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Federal appeals court judges on Monday upheld a lower court’s ruling preventing the National Institutes of Health from cutting billions of dollars in support for research overhead at universities, academic medical centers, and other grantee institutions.—
Jonathan Wosen,
STAT,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Heiress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heiress. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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