as in heirs
a person who has the right to inherit property
the couple had no children, so they declared their nephew their only legatee
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heirs
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Brown and O’Neill cast themselves less as Sandberg’s heirs than as her apostates.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025 -
Those market fluctuations have not impacted the museum, which acquired many important pieces when they were originally made, and later received donations from artists or their heirs.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Legatees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legatees. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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