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heiress

[air-is] / ˈɛər ɪs /






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Hotel heiress Paris Hilton outside the US Capitol on 17 December 2024.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

It has held a position in the Garnier and Maybelline owner since 1974, when it bought in at the request of L’Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt to help stop the French government from nationalizing the company.

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

Beshear moderated the conversation among the state leaders at the Los Angeles-area home of liquor heiress Ellen Bronfman Hauptman and her husband, former Chicago Fire soccer club owner Andrew Hauptman.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 2026

A Harvard-educated attorney and Vanderbilt heiress, Burden, 56, writes candidly about how she ceded control of her finances to her ex during their 20-year marriage, trusting him to act in her best interests.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

And Camilla grew richer and richer: an American heiress.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

A number of the Mars heiresses have held top roles at the candy and pet-food company.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 21, 2026

Who would listen to wealthy heirs and heiresses?

From Barron's Nov. 13, 2025

The two heiresses, raised by nannies some 50 years apart, also shared lonely childhoods.

From New York Times Apr. 20, 2022

There were heirs and heiresses with vast fortunes and little to lose.

From Washington Post Jan. 8, 2019

I met real estate developers, agents, heiresses, fund managers, lawyers, clothing designers, professional basketball players, photographers, movie producers, and television correspondents.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls




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