inheritor
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His charisma made him a worthy inheritor to the role of Dr. Frank-N-Furter in stage productions of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” which he reprised several times over the years.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
The nizam’s court, with its sumptuous palaces, its concubines, its rituals and recitations of poetry and music, was the chief inheritor of the archaic grandeur of the moguls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
Many argue she should also be seen and recognised as the descendant of another kind of family and that is the inheritor of generations of black female activists.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2024
Thornton Wilder, whose “Our Town” is the most famous dramatic inheritor of Winesburg’s legacy, cautioned in his stage directions that the play “should be performed without sentimentality or ponderousness — simply, dryly and sincerely.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2024
It was as the inheritor of a view which covered a dozen miles of rollers, and hundreds of miW of cumulus.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
