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 Encounters with shifting coastlines, towering redwoods, and mycelial networks spark meditations on inheritance, resilience, and the work of remaking a life. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026 Protesters who carried his image were invoking that inheritance specifically, not nonviolence twice over. — Penny Abeywardena, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 This family feud involving a celebrity highlights three legal issues that intrigue us as scholars of inheritance law. — Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 29 July 2026 More than anything, the reparations movement—despite being marginal for most of my life—is part of the Black radical tradition, and this is my inheritance. — Literary Hub, 27 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for inheritance

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While these divisions didn't survive after the Cochin Jews migrated to Israel and elsewhere, the bitter remnants still haunt the community's legacy.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
The Sarajevo Film Festival has launched a new program dedicated to the legacy of Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr, who died this year.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of legacy

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Chester Dale, whose bequest forms the core of the NGA’s Cassatt holdings, favored the range of her female subjects, from girlhood and adolescence to adulthood and old age.

— Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
To be sure, charitable bequests are also fully deductible against the estate tax, which means the destination (charity) is what erases Buffett’s tax liability.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 30 July 2026

Definition of bequest

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Trees are more than a gift to communities, according to new research from the University of Illinois and Professor William Sullivan's team.

— Tara Molina, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
People may respond more warmly to you, but the real gift is feeling more at home in your own presence.

— Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026

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