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inheritance

[in-her-i-tuhns] / ɪnˈhɛr ɪ təns /
NOUN
possession gained through someone's death
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With opportunity burgeoning and the city’s rich inheritance of museums, concert halls, and landmark buildings safe to use, property values skyrocketed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

“I do not have any inheritance from anyone coming my way as I lost most of my immediate family when young.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

By your own account, she had income, an inheritance, and a paid‑off home, and chose to liquidate the latter.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

In 2012 his elder brother – Lee Jae-yong's uncle - launched a bid to reclaim what he saw as his rightful inheritance.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

It had to possess chemical regularity—otherwise, routine processes such as copying and transmission would not work—but it also had to be capable of extraordinary irregularity—or else, the enormous diversity of inheritance could not be explained.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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