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Recent Examples of heiress
The hotel heiress and media personality alleges staff members beat her, watched her shower, fed her unknown pills and locked her in solitary confinement without clothing.
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ABC News,
15 June 2026
There is no more compelling high-wire act in the oil-and-gas industry today than this oil heiress’ all-in bet on an ultra-deep well that no one else would touch, after 20 years of disappointments and disasters in the area.
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Christopher Helman,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Dior under Jonathan Anderson is embracing exaggerated proportions and couture-level designs that feel oddly effortless — part heiress, part glam rocker.
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Alex Badia,
Footwear News,
22 May 2026
Advertisement Built a century ago by cereal heiress and socialite Marjorie Merriweather Post, the 20-acre property with its 126-room, 62,500-square-foot Gilded Age mansion seemed to be the ideal venue to launch a new high-end resort.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
20 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for heiress
ABC News,
15 June 2026
There is no more compelling high-wire act in the oil-and-gas industry today than this oil heiress’ all-in bet on an ultra-deep well that no one else would touch, after 20 years of disappointments and disasters in the area.
—
Christopher Helman,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Dior under Jonathan Anderson is embracing exaggerated proportions and couture-level designs that feel oddly effortless — part heiress, part glam rocker.
—
Alex Badia,
Footwear News,
22 May 2026
Advertisement Built a century ago by cereal heiress and socialite Marjorie Merriweather Post, the 20-acre property with its 126-room, 62,500-square-foot Gilded Age mansion seemed to be the ideal venue to launch a new high-end resort.
—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
20 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heiress
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New leader, same problems Just as Starmer inherited a lackluster economy, so too will his successor.
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Council members chose to open a public application to find her successor, and more than 110 people applied for the job.
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Berenberg chemicals analyst Sebastian Bray highlighted fish oil producers as a potential beneficiary.
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Again, Argentina may have been the beneficiary of its icon taking a step down at club level.
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An heir apparent to Draymond Green.
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Ryan Coogler, especially after the success of Sinners, feels like the most likely heir apparent.
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That can obviously set up some interesting, and potentially uncomfortable, situations for both the devisee and your surviving spouse.
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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.
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To assign a task, simply tick a box, add a description, choose assignees, and input an optional due date.
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Lander has argued Goldman, the multimillionaire heir to the Levi jeans fortune, embodies establishment, corporate interests that corrupt the Democratic Party.
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Scholars largely agree that one wealthy Delft couple, the brewing heir Pieter Claesz van Ruijven and his wife, Maria de Knuijt, were his primary patrons.
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Each agency shall assess grant conditions and grantee preferences and ensure grant funds do not promote gender ideology.
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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.
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“Heiress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heiress. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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