bequeathed

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Monkhouse bequeathed his joke book collection to his writing partner in his will.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Gehry bequeathed blueprints and models, sketches and concepts, for his large and devoted team of younger architects and next-generation visionaries equipped to fabricate our way out of angst.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

“We maintain ourselves in existence,” he says, “through a style bequeathed to us by our Rilkean memories.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Mr. Rein implores us to override the divisive reflexes evolution has bequeathed us.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

Anna Brown, divorced and without children, had bequeathed nearly all her wealth to her mother, Lizzie.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann