bequest

Example Sentences

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But they must first deal with the legalities of their bequest.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 26, 2025

In 1838 the U.S. received more than $500,000 from that bequest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

Perhaps its most lasting bequest to television, however, is the messy friend defined by Dunham’s Hannah Horvath.

From Salon • Jul. 10, 2025

The left-field bequest — as if tending to Walter’s legacy with an overdue book of his correspondence wasn’t enough — is, to Iris, a mystery on top of a conundrum.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025

“Nonsense! and what sort of an effect will the bequest have on you? Will it keep you in England, induce you to marry Miss Oliver, and settle down like an ordinary mortal?”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë