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
Which is awesome, and that’s part of the beautiful legacy of it.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Aug. 2025
And yet Kyoto is also a modern city with modern comforts, where people live and work amid the legacy of centuries, sustaining and sustained by a living heritage.
—Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2025
Shaped by the legacies of legal giants who treated the courtroom as a tool for transformation, Attorney Zulu Ali channels that same energy into his own practice.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Trust and legacy are earned over decades, not in a quarter.
—Stephanie Tharpe, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Aug. 2025
And yet Kyoto is also a modern city with modern comforts, where people live and work amid the legacy of centuries, sustaining and sustained by a living heritage.
—Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2025
Shaped by the legacies of legal giants who treated the courtroom as a tool for transformation, Attorney Zulu Ali channels that same energy into his own practice.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Trust and legacy are earned over decades, not in a quarter.
—Stephanie Tharpe, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for legacy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legacy
inheritance
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What Is Generational Financial Trauma Generational financial trauma refers to physical, psychological, and emotional inheritance of attitudes and beliefs that are influenced by financial stress and financial anxiety experienced by previous generations.—
Rahkim Sabree,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Fiction itself is utopian, too, a space where the unjust logic of inheritance and privilege can be questioned, rearranged or reversed.—
Nell Stevens
August 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Legacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legacy. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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