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heir

noun as in person who inherits possessions

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On Aug. 23, the day after the Democratic convention ended, the Kennedy heir endorsed the Republican, saying that, together, they were going to “Make America Healthy Again.”

The Rothschild fortune, now divided among many heirs, is said to be worth billions of dollars.

She proceeded to raise her son as a single mother while juggling her duties as heir to the throne.

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The heir to a pie company fortune has been found guilty of murdering his best friend after stabbing him 37 times on Christmas Eve in the house they shared.

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Voters instead chose a political outsider, wealthy philanthropist and Levi’s heir Daniel Lurie, who promised to shut down open-air drug markets and make San Francisco less welcoming to street encampments.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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