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executor

[ig-zek-yuh-ter, ek-si-kyoo-ter] / ɪgˈzɛk yə tər, ˈɛk sɪˌkyu tər /


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A last will and testament is a document that indicates who will receive assets after someone dies and names an executor, or personal representative, to administer the estate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

I am the executor of a trust for my son with special needs.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

This pursuit of this truth makes him not only a liberating literary executor but also a worthy moral educator.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

Allen also owned the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers. since his death, his sister Jody Allen has been executor of his estate, plus chair of the Seahawks and Trail Blazers.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

Despite this, when Poe unexpectedly passed away in 1849, Rufus GriswoId was named literary executor of his estate, to the surprise of many.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman




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