inherit

Example Sentences

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For the rest, I could take $400,000 out of an inherited Roth IRA that must be liquidated within 10 years.

From MarketWatch

The anonymous owner, who is based on the US West Coast, told Christie's he had inherited the drawing from his grandmother.

From BBC

“You sure inherited my sweet tooth,” Dad said, loading up his own plastic bag with jelly beans.

From Literature

Aleys cherishes the tiny, exquisite psalter her mother inherited from an abbess aunt.

From Los Angeles Times

“I never inherited a nickel, but I inherited a love of the natural world—and a respect,” Bamberger told National Geographic in 2008.

From The Wall Street Journal