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
Among these delusions is the perennial faith that Iranians are potentially ardent converts to American-style freedom, rather than inheritors of an ancient civilization with a trajectory outlined by its own specific history.
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Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
These aren’t reluctant inheritors hoping for a windfall.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 June 2026
For inheritors of the banana leaf-wrapping tradition, this practice has both the literal and symbolic capacity to contain that relationship.
—Sophia Rey, JSTOR Daily, 28 May 2026
More than 80% of widows and next-generation inheritors leave their financial advisor after inheriting wealth.
—Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
The same thing goes for the writers of the past, who speak through their inheritors.
—Giles Harvey, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
That leaves Oseguera’s cadre of regional commanders as the most likely inheritors of his drug empire.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
While families that own large companies used to expect or even require their kids to take over the family businesses, many of today's next-gen inheritors want to forge their own path.
—Robert Frank, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2025
This is challenging, in part because loneliness is such a familiar theme in the 21st-century Indian American novel (blame Jhumpa Lahiri and her literary inheritors).
—Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
These aren’t reluctant inheritors hoping for a windfall.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 June 2026
For inheritors of the banana leaf-wrapping tradition, this practice has both the literal and symbolic capacity to contain that relationship.
—Sophia Rey, JSTOR Daily, 28 May 2026
More than 80% of widows and next-generation inheritors leave their financial advisor after inheriting wealth.
—Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
The same thing goes for the writers of the past, who speak through their inheritors.
—Giles Harvey, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
That leaves Oseguera’s cadre of regional commanders as the most likely inheritors of his drug empire.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
While families that own large companies used to expect or even require their kids to take over the family businesses, many of today's next-gen inheritors want to forge their own path.
—Robert Frank, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2025
This is challenging, in part because loneliness is such a familiar theme in the 21st-century Indian American novel (blame Jhumpa Lahiri and her literary inheritors).
—Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inheritors
heirs
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Analysts estimate that across the country, roughly $124 trillion in assets will move from older Americans to their heirs and charities by 2048, with boomers at the center of that transfer.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
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The state holds the funds indefinitely until they’re claimed by their rightful owners (or heirs).—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
8 June 2026
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“Inheritors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inheritors. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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