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bequeathed

[bih-kweetht, -kweethd] / bɪˈkwiθt, -kwiðd /




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Boris arrived at the museum in 1932 amongst a large collection of taxidermy bequeathed by a local game hunter.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

And since houses can be bequeathed tax-free, having a valuable property can help homeowners who want to leave something to the next generation.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

Yet feats of demography are only part of what “Revolver” bequeathed.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

The planet’s brashest sport had arrived at what is putatively “The People’s House” to deliver a night of branded mayhem to the head of state, like gladiators bequeathed to an emperor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

From the very beginning, the two men wrote in 2004, the city was partly in ruins—intentionally so, because the fallen walls bequeathed on Tiwanaku the authority of the past.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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