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inheritance

[in-her-i-tuhns] / ɪnˈhɛr ɪ təns /
NOUN
possession gained through someone's death
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His language implicitly reaffirmed a vision of citizenship based on civic membership rather than ethnic inheritance.

From Salon • May 11, 2026

Given that the driving motivation of all things Austen is marriage, often to prevent inheritance laws from leaving women out in the literal cold, Mrs. Bennet is particularly harsh toward Mary.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Samsung confirmed on Sunday that the final payment had been made, noting that the sum is equivalent to roughly one and a half times the country's total inheritance tax revenue for 2024.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

It was this complex and ambiguous inheritance that the Royal Society adopted when it wrote the word into its Statutes.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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