as in legacies
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 inheritances
Before any heirs receive their inheritances, the estate typically has to move through probate, which is a legal process that allows creditors to seek payment for any outstanding debts using the deceased person's assets.
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Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
There were a hundred inheritances from yesterday, last season, the years before, and now there was no tomorrow, because tomorrow I’d be gone.
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Literary Hub,
22 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.
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Medora Lee,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
Data from the company suggests some 12 million of these car will be transferred via estate plans, gifts, and inheritances over the next 15 years, according to the financial news service.
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Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
26 May 2026
This also includes arguments about inheritances or anything else that needs to be divided.
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Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
15 May 2026
Many billionaires also received inheritances, which are also income-tax free on the assumption that they will be covered under the estate tax system.
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Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
Set in a Himalayan village in Sikkim, the film traces the lives of women across three generations of a single family – their emotional inheritances, unspoken histories and daily negotiations.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
11 May 2026
Prior to the 2024 election, his clients had been racing to find ways to protect their wealth in case Democrats took control of Washington and taxed more of people’s inheritances, something several Democrats in Congress had proposed.
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Shannon Pettypiece,
NBC news,
9 Apr. 2026
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
There were a hundred inheritances from yesterday, last season, the years before, and now there was no tomorrow, because tomorrow I’d be gone.
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Literary Hub,
22 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.
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Medora Lee,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
Data from the company suggests some 12 million of these car will be transferred via estate plans, gifts, and inheritances over the next 15 years, according to the financial news service.
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Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
26 May 2026
This also includes arguments about inheritances or anything else that needs to be divided.
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Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
15 May 2026
Many billionaires also received inheritances, which are also income-tax free on the assumption that they will be covered under the estate tax system.
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Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
Set in a Himalayan village in Sikkim, the film traces the lives of women across three generations of a single family – their emotional inheritances, unspoken histories and daily negotiations.
—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
11 May 2026
Prior to the 2024 election, his clients had been racing to find ways to protect their wealth in case Democrats took control of Washington and taxed more of people’s inheritances, something several Democrats in Congress had proposed.
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Shannon Pettypiece,
NBC news,
9 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inheritances
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This week, Americans gathered in Chicago to celebrate the opening of the Obama Presidential Center, a tribute to one of the most consequential presidential legacies of the modern era.
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Rich Eisen and Dan Patrick are doing another podcast discussing their legacies in the 1990s.
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While charitable donations did grow broadly in 2025, the giving categories the wealthiest Americans tend to favor – bequests, foundations, education, public-society benefit organizations – fared better than usual.
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Three of the past four years have shown big growth in bequests, which may indicate that the great wealth transfer has begun.
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An appeals court in April sentenced Yoon’s wife, Kim Keon Hee, to four years in prison after convicting her on various charges, including receiving luxury gifts from a Unification Church official.
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To surrender to those gifts, as Rowland put it, was to shatter boundaries that had previously kept Black artists segregated to genre and medium.
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“Inheritances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inheritances. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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