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heir

noun as in person who inherits possessions

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In 1983, the cosmetics heir Leonard Lauder had his first encounter with the art collection of the art critic and historian Douglas Cooper.

The country’s current leaders have styled themselves as the heirs to Sankara, and the game pushes their ambitions a step further, with some help from Russia of course.

Your uncle’s wife is not a legal heir or a direct descendant of your grandmother.

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The Patriots drafted Jones as Brady’s heir in 2021, and he quickly showed promise with New England, reaching the postseason as a rookie.

With incredible detail, he has reconstructed the ways a modest fund endowed by a reluctant heir managed to reshape American civil rights in less than 20 years.

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