heirloom
Example Sentences
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For all of us watching at home—while the show makes stops around the homeland—it offers more than just vicarious joy at learning someone’s family heirloom really is a treasure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Then came thick-cut, tableside-smoked bacon glazed with maple and peppercorn alongside a fig-topped heirloom tomato salad.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026
“I have never desecrated any family heirloom or intruded upon anyone’s private memorial,” she wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
After that formative bowl, he founded Rancho Gordo in 2001 and hustled to get heirloom beans in front of anyone willing to try them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026
Everything feels different now, thanks to an heirloom Porsche that I destroyed.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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The Crossover
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Lesson 5
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