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Recent Examples of inheritance
The eye-watering sums due to change hands via inheritance in the coming decades, will change the financial fortunes of millions of people.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
The main reason for its excellent performance is its senior-friendly tax policies, as the city (and Florida, as a state) doesn't charge inheritance or income tax.
—Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
True inheritance is not just about reinventing the past.
—Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
And if you’re blessed enough to receive an inheritance abroad, don’t celebrate too quickly.
—Essence, 23 Oct. 2025
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
The main reason for its excellent performance is its senior-friendly tax policies, as the city (and Florida, as a state) doesn't charge inheritance or income tax.
—Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
True inheritance is not just about reinventing the past.
—Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
And if you’re blessed enough to receive an inheritance abroad, don’t celebrate too quickly.
—Essence, 23 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for inheritance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inheritance
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Roosevelt’s media operation and the coverage that followed helped shape his legacy—as a conservationist, a trust-buster, and a family man.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Nov. 2025
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With confidence high and a winning formula intact, the world champions will aim to defend their crown and further cement their golden generation’s legacy.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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That bequest can include directions that the money be spent meeting the pet’s needs.—
Allison Anna Tait,
The Conversation,
4 Nov. 2025
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For her, working at her family’s foundation, and later founding 21/64, provided a means to accept her bequest without shame.—
Christina Binkley,
Robb Report,
11 Oct. 2025
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From a gift of Elizabeth Taylor’s ring, bestowed on Allura, by her cheating younger husband, to $40 million worth of trinkets that Liberty helps salvage from her Upper East Side client wanting a divorce.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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For small businesses, simplicity wins—a clear offer like ‘buy one, gift one’ or a free consult lowers the barrier for first-time buyers and gives them a reason to pick you over a big-box store.—
Ashley Lutz,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Inheritance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inheritance. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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