Thesaurus results for INHERITANCE

inheritance

noun

in-ˈher-ə-tən(t)s

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as in legacy

something that is or may be inherited a keen sense of humor was her inheritance from her mother

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Recent Examples of inheritance His telling of the story is the result of his refusal, as a man, of his patriarchal inheritance. —

Nina Mesfin, New Yorker, 7 June 2026 Their only inheritance is a legacy of two-bit crime that inspires them to run increasingly audacious frauds. —

Joe Otterson, Variety, 4 June 2026 Trusts allow for detailed instructions and conditions for inheritances, covering circumstances like multiple beneficiaries, specific percentages for each heir or the death of a beneficiary. —

Medora Lee, USA Today, 3 June 2026 Her fiction concentrates thematically upon the emotional and psychological currents traversing the bonds across lineages — whether those connections are well-wrought, addled, severed, or unknown — and the fraught business of familial inheritance. —

Rachel Vorona Cote, Vulture, 2 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for inheritance

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Not that Schlee was especially happy with his legacy.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 17 June 2026
On the other side of the courtroom sat the parents, grandparents, and friends of Heaven’s 27—the coalition of anguished mothers and fathers who have united since the tragedy to demand accountability and honor their daughters’ legacies.

— Karen Valby, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026