Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heirs apparent
Noun
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As these individuals begin passing on their wealth, some will go immediately to their Gen X, millennial, and Gen Z successors, but some will go to spouses.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025 -
The dramatic imagery memorializes the successful sendoff for Starship V2, which now cedes the spotlight to its even bigger successors.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Eligible claimants will have until July 23, 2026, to submit the forms.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
19 Oct. 2025
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Disingenuous advertising can lure in claimants with questionable or exaggerated claims, flooding the courts with frivolous cases.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Brown and O’Neill cast themselves less as Sandberg’s heirs than as her apostates.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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Those market fluctuations have not impacted the museum, which acquired many important pieces when they were originally made, and later received donations from artists or their heirs.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Heirs apparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heirs%20apparent. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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