inherit
Example Sentences
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Related: I will soon inherit my parents’ $1.5 million estate.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026
It means that whichever party leads the next Welsh government will inherit an overall waiting list which is falling, albeit still higher than it was before the pandemic.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
When your children eventually inherit your Roth IRA, they have a 10-year window to withdraw the funds.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
“I was my mother’s only daughter,” Ms. Phillips notes, “the one who would inherit the dishes, the cradles, the women’s things, and the stories.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
“It’s in Hebrews. It says, ‘Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?”
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
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