Thesaurus results for INHERITANCE

inheritance

noun

in-ˈher-ə-tən(t)s

Definition of inheritance

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 Koopman used a small inheritance to pay for an appropriate saddle and the costume, which cost several thousand dollars each. — Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 27 June 2026 That is a genuine challenge and a natural stage of evolution because inheritance has always reflected whatever people happened to own in their time. — Sergey Stopnevich, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026 The executor uses estate assets to pay valid debts before distributing inheritances to beneficiaries. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 29 June 2026 The Homalco lost much of their cultural inheritance through Canada’s brutal residential-school system, and many Indigenous communities now speak of building new traditions meant to last for generations. — The Editors, Robb Report, 27 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for inheritance

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This is not the marketing plan of a legacy artist content on calling it a day and merely leaning on her deepest core of longtime fans to buy a record.

— Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2026
Five of those have powered each variant of Russia’s R-7 rocket family since the 1950s, a legacy now carried on by the Soyuz launch vehicle.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026

Definition of legacy

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George Washington’s last will and testament included a proposal and bequest for establishing a national university.

— Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Three of the past four years have shown big growth in bequests, which may indicate that the great wealth transfer has begun.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 June 2026

Definition of bequest

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