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Recent Examples of heiress
Robert was also previously married to heiress and costume designer Christophe de Menil, who died in August 2025 at the age of 92.
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Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
The effort has secured major donations from the foundations of the late Univision owner Jerry Perenchio, media heiress Wallis Annenberg and former NPR CEO Jarl Mohn, as well as Jack Black and his wife Tanya Haden, who’s worked as a puppeteer on multiple Muppets projects.
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Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2026
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
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Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
The effort has secured major donations from the foundations of the late Univision owner Jerry Perenchio, media heiress Wallis Annenberg and former NPR CEO Jarl Mohn, as well as Jack Black and his wife Tanya Haden, who’s worked as a puppeteer on multiple Muppets projects.
—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2026
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.
—
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heiress
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The government has increasingly squeezed freedoms under his successor, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who was reelected to a second term in 2024.
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Most notably, Lucid Chief Financial Officer Taoufiq Boussaid will leave the company after a handover to his successor, Alexander De Bock, who most recently served as CFO of automotive supplier TI Automotive.
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Another beneficiary of lower fuel prices and cooling Middle East tensions.
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The fees per person would start at $325 a year for companies with 50 to 249 Medicaid beneficiaries and top out at $725 annually for employers with at least 500 recipients.
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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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In that environment, the organizations and funders who keep operating as if every problem can be solved by a single grantee will deliver diminishing returns.
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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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“Heiress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heiress. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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