as in heirs
a person who has the right to inherit property
someday that little boy will become the inheritor of one of the largest private fortunes in the country
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Recent Examples of inheritors
In reality, what felled her was not just one gangster’s greed but an entire organization’s—the inheritors of Rothstein’s operation—zeroing in on a mom-and-pop, or at least a mom, business, as big enterprises always do.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inheritors
heirs
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Excluding The Next Generation Shielding heirs from financial discussions and then expecting stewardship later rarely works.—
Ellie Perlman,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Families usually come to him when the next generation has little interest in taking over the ranch or the heirs can’t come to an agreement.—
Hayley Cuccinello,
CNBC,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Inheritors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inheritors. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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