inheritance
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Lincoln did not treat the Revolution as an open-ended aspiration; he gave it a moral center, insisting that equality was not an optional inheritance but the nation’s core identity.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
“Omakase” is in conversation with that same roots-first impulse, but Díaz’s inheritance is messier and more personal.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
The bank said the funds will be exempt from inheritance tax and income tax.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
His language implicitly reaffirmed a vision of citizenship based on civic membership rather than ethnic inheritance.
From Salon • May 11, 2026
This is a map of what I’ve always known, that I am tied to them, bound forever to this empty inheritance no matter how far I run.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
Vocabulary lists containing inheritance
"The Hill We Climb," by Amanda Gorman
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"The Origin of Species by Natural Selection" by Charles Darwin: Essential Words
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Genetics - Inheritance and Variation of Traits
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