executors

Example Sentences

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Classic examples include lawyers acting for clients, administrators of a legal trust acting for beneficiaries, executors for heirs, corporate directors for shareholders, and members of a partnership for one another.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Kahn, and Epstein's long-serving lawyer Darren Indyke, are the sole executors of Epstein's estate, controlling all his wealth and possessions.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

According to his will, signed on 28 January 2013 and seen by the BBC, Martin made the Wadleys his executors and trustees, leaving his estate to them in the event of his death.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

Fratto said Epstein repeatedly named multiple people as alternate executors in his wills.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

They were given the new job, as custodians of our peace of mind, the focus of our understandable and rightful dread of being inferior; official censors, judges, and executors.

From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury