as in descendents
a person who has the right to inherit property
upon his death, Mr. Parkworth's property was divided evenly among his heirs, four sons and three daughters
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Recent Examples of heirs
That can force heirs to quickly pay off the loan, refinance or sell the house.
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Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
Scammers often target multiple heirs, seeking the most vulnerable respondent.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Early engagement helps determine whether heirs want operational roles, whether professional management will be necessary, and whether a sale or other exit aligns with the family’s goals.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Other notable Guinness heirs include fashion Daphne Guinness, designer Jasmine Guinness, Julia Samuel, and Hugo Guinness.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 1 Oct. 2025
The male heirs of the Baskerville family are being dispatched one by one.
—Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Leo Dell’Orco, the designer’s right-hand man for years and one of his main heirs who now takes the design reins of the brand, his niece Silvana Armani, and his nephew Andrea Camerana received the award from the hands of Anna Wintour.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2025
Edward, played by Louis Partridge, was the youngest of the Guinness siblings and played in the series as the most idealistic and ambitious of the heirs.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
By comparison, only 25% were due to insufficient preparation of heirs and a mere 15% to other issues such as inadequate planning.
—Bruce Helmer, Twin Cities, 27 Sep. 2025
Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
Scammers often target multiple heirs, seeking the most vulnerable respondent.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Early engagement helps determine whether heirs want operational roles, whether professional management will be necessary, and whether a sale or other exit aligns with the family’s goals.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Other notable Guinness heirs include fashion Daphne Guinness, designer Jasmine Guinness, Julia Samuel, and Hugo Guinness.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 1 Oct. 2025
The male heirs of the Baskerville family are being dispatched one by one.
—Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Leo Dell’Orco, the designer’s right-hand man for years and one of his main heirs who now takes the design reins of the brand, his niece Silvana Armani, and his nephew Andrea Camerana received the award from the hands of Anna Wintour.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2025
Edward, played by Louis Partridge, was the youngest of the Guinness siblings and played in the series as the most idealistic and ambitious of the heirs.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
By comparison, only 25% were due to insufficient preparation of heirs and a mere 15% to other issues such as inadequate planning.
—Bruce Helmer, Twin Cities, 27 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heirs
inheritors
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This is challenging, in part because loneliness is such a familiar theme in the 21st-century Indian American novel (blame Jhumpa Lahiri and her literary inheritors).—
Sanjena Sathian,
Vulture,
23 Sep. 2025
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The very idea of an alliance will be strange and scary to the inheritors of the Non-Aligned Movement, which India helped spearhead during the Cold War.—
KURT M. CAMPBELL,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Heirs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heirs. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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