as in inheritance
something that is or may be inherited
the old locket was part of the legacy from my great-great-grandmother
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Recent Examples of legacy
And don’t forget about the NBA legacy left with sons Seth and Steph Curry.
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2026
Thanks to the legacy left by Rollins’ most beloved alumnus, Mister Fred Rogers, our community continues to be the City Beautiful.
—Joseph Pool, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026
Building a legacy Beyond business success, Bonilla sees Lunacon as a vehicle for impact.
—Brianna Mantaras, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
Civil rights attorney Mia Yamamoto will serves community grand marshal and and the late Shirley Raines, who died earlier this year, will be honored as the legacy grand marshal.
—Kennedy French, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2026
Thanks to the legacy left by Rollins’ most beloved alumnus, Mister Fred Rogers, our community continues to be the City Beautiful.
—Joseph Pool, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026
Building a legacy Beyond business success, Bonilla sees Lunacon as a vehicle for impact.
—Brianna Mantaras, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
Civil rights attorney Mia Yamamoto will serves community grand marshal and and the late Shirley Raines, who died earlier this year, will be honored as the legacy grand marshal.
—Kennedy French, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legacy
inheritance
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Annie Jenkins & Aduke King — Writer-director Annie Jenkins (BFI London Script Lab, HollyShorts, Theatre503) and producer Aduke King (BFI London Film Festival programmer) develop Ripe, a psychological body horror exploring masculinity and inheritance.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
18 Mar. 2026
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Sir Ian McKellen stars as a retired pop art sensation who is now the target of a greedy inheritance plot to forge and complete his eight unfinished canvases.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Legacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legacy. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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