as in inheritor
a person who has the right to inherit property
upon his death, Mr. Parkworth's property was divided evenly among his heirs, four sons and three daughters
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Generations of Bartolomeo’s heirs have continued the family tradition, still living in Gardone and still making guns.
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Giacomo Tognini, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
If bank accounts are owned in trust for or jointly with heirs, those assets will pass without regard to your legal documents.
—Martin Shenkman, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
When they were finally retrieved by the collector’s heirs, the coins were stored in a bank vault and later presented to the auction house for sale.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
Moore is not named as a defendant in the suit filed by Drue Moore’s heirs, and the lawyer representing Julia Moore did not respond to a request for comment.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Trump and allies, meanwhile, often cast him as legatee of Reagan.—
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Humans, as legatees of this heritage, learn by seeing and visualizing.—
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Its descendants could one day perform tasks such as pollinating crops, or exploring spaces too small for ordinary drones to access.—
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Today, its descendant — the golden lancehead pit viper (Bothrops insularis) — is longer and deadlier.—
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Coolidge’s performance as the rich heiress Tanya McQuoid won her Outstanding Supporting Actress Primetime Emmys for The White Lotus in 2022 and 2023.—
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The novella draws inspiration from all-time classic Bringing Up Baby, which puts paleontologist David Huxley (Cary Grant) in the path of wacky heiress Susan Vance (Katharine Hepburn) and her pet leopard, Baby.—
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“Heir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heir. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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