inherit
Example Sentences
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"Faith, service and responsibility are themes that have long shaped the role he will one day inherit, and they are things he approaches in his own thoughtful way," they added.
From BBC
Research suggests that about one-third of the variation in Y chromosome loss is inherited, involving around 150 genes related to cell cycle control and cancer risk.
From Science Daily
Mice exposed to prebirth stress, for instance, are liable to evince stress-related consequences as adults, and to some extent their offspring might inherit these consequences.
I inherited both his sense of humor and his anxiety.
McCullum is now faced with a rebuild that has strong parallels to the situation he inherited four years ago.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
