heirs

Example Sentences

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What’s at stake is how much of it will actually reach the heirs it was meant for.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026

Now he feels his retirement is more secure, and he and his wife Marcia are more likely to pass wealth to their heirs.

From Barron's • Jun. 13, 2026

Buyers can elect to continue the income over a spouse’s lifetime and add a death benefit for other heirs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Inside a three-day gathering where a group of heirs collectively worth $7 billion learn the secrets to staying rich.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Europeans today are heirs to one of the longest traditions of animal domestication on Earth—that which began in Southwest Asia around 10,000 years ago.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond