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Recent Examples of inheritance
Prosecutors argued the brothers acted out of greed, resorting to murder to get their multimillion-dollar inheritances before being cut out of their parents’ will.
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Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2025
Or perhaps arguments about how to divide an inheritance or how to share something are an issue.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 11 May 2025
Ultimately, The Phoenician Scheme is a story about inheritance, literal and metaphorical.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025
Van Rappard’s potential departure underscores earlier concerns that the U.K. could see an exodus of wealthy individuals after the Labour government adopted a series of reforms that increases taxes on capital gains and inheritances, while ending a preferential regime for non-domiciled residents.
—Robert Olsen, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
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Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2025
Or perhaps arguments about how to divide an inheritance or how to share something are an issue.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 11 May 2025
Ultimately, The Phoenician Scheme is a story about inheritance, literal and metaphorical.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025
Van Rappard’s potential departure underscores earlier concerns that the U.K. could see an exodus of wealthy individuals after the Labour government adopted a series of reforms that increases taxes on capital gains and inheritances, while ending a preferential regime for non-domiciled residents.
—Robert Olsen, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inheritance
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May 2025 King of Pentacles: May brings a powerful invitation to focus on building your legacy, Leo.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 June 2025
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How has that legacy shaped the brand’s identity today?—
Felicity Carter,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Episcopal nuns aren’t underwritten by the church; the community supports itself with bequests, donations, real estate deals and a retreat ministry catering to over 2,000 visitors each year, from different faiths and interest groups.—
Elisabeth Egan,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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But the bequest, which nearly doubles the resources funding the comics archive’s conservation work, also will go well beyond the ElfQuest materials.—
David Bloom,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Neither Hezbollah nor the state had come to survey the extensive damage, although Hezbollah had given Abdullah and others who had lost their homes between twelve thousand to fourteen thousand dollars apiece, part of what the group’s leader called a gift from Iran.—
Rania Abouzeid,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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Even occasional summer watering will kill it or shorten its life, which is only about four or five years anyway, but wow, what a gift to hummingbirds and other pollinators, not to mention anyone who loves a dramatic, fragrant garden.—
Jeanette Marantos,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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“Inheritance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inheritance. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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