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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Not only is her pick from the beloved legacy brand a staple in vanities everywhere, but the shade itself has its share of avid fans.
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Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025
Lakshmi is determined to create a new legacy competition show, one that is centered on expertise and leadership, not gameplay.
—Khushbu Shah, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Oct. 2025
In cases where legacy tools would force teams to slog through, for example, 3,400 checks with 600 million errors, Vision AI’s clustering can reduce that effort to investigating just 381 groups—turning mountains into molehills and speeding debug time by at least 2x.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2025
For her part, Ciri, now in her twenties, is exhausted by her legacy.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
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Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025
Lakshmi is determined to create a new legacy competition show, one that is centered on expertise and leadership, not gameplay.
—Khushbu Shah, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Oct. 2025
In cases where legacy tools would force teams to slog through, for example, 3,400 checks with 600 million errors, Vision AI’s clustering can reduce that effort to investigating just 381 groups—turning mountains into molehills and speeding debug time by at least 2x.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2025
For her part, Ciri, now in her twenties, is exhausted by her legacy.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legacy
inheritance
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Hans is engaged to a fellow performer, but Cleopatra has her eyes on Hans’s sizable inheritance.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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While the case was later dropped, the former King lost his public stipend from the State's General Budget as punishment from the crown, and King Felipe agreed to give up all inheritance from his father.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Legacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legacy. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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