bequeath
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“People who are 60 can live to 85. People are highly likely to want to bequeath their portfolio to children — and those heirs might have 30 to 40 years until retirement.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
But rising life expectancy expands their time horizon, and many households with $1 million or more in investable assets intend to bequeath a substantial portion of their assets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Why do voters and MPs bequeath and remove their support with seemingly such casual ease?
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
If you bequeath a Roth, heirs’ withdrawals are tax-free.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
Aurelia had all the intelligence that her clever parents could bequeath her.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
The passage of great TV characters bequeaths to their survivors, including the audience, a rummage of questions that end up shaping their journey.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2025
He appointed more than 140 cardinals from non-European countries and bequeaths his successor a Church that is far more global in outlook than the one he inherited.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2025
To moviegoers, the legacy that he bequeaths is a mixed one.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 12, 2018
In what may be his final public act, John McCain this month will publish a book that bequeaths us a rare gift.
From Washington Post ● May 6, 2018
She bequeaths her stuffed toys to Gloria’s fourteen-year- old daughter.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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
Most of the work was given by these artists to the poet, whose husband, David Kermani, then bequeathed them to the Morgan between 2019 and 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Yet feats of demography are only part of what “Revolver” bequeathed.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Each box owner has about 10 seats that can be transferred, rented out or bequeathed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
And at last they learned how these nobly born Siamese acquired the kink at the end of their tails and bequeathed it to all their descendants.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
Hassan got further scope to exercise his instincts after Hafez al-Assad died in 2000, bequeathing power to his second son, Bashar, a British-educated eye surgeon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
He played the role of mediator, bequeathing legitimacy to a group which seemingly needed his normalcy.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2024
Longtime Dodgers fans will cringe at the bequeathing of so much power to one player, but this is how it works in Tinseltown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2024
Klopp is bequeathing a deep and richly talented squad, with a number of youngsters starting to blossom.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2024
Rewrite my will with a clause about my bequeathing the drawing to them.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
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