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inheritance

[in-her-i-tuhns] / ɪnˈhɛr ɪ təns /
NOUN
possession gained through someone's death
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Karl Lagerfeld’s cat waiting six years for her inheritance.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Speaking in generalities about institutions, the rule of law, and the inheritance of American democracy, he named no president and aired no specific grievance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Beyond those findings, the team discovered that non-Mendelian epigenetic inheritance may occur more often than previously recognized.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

Some civic and cultural inheritance worth passing on.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

If the same principle applied to animals and inheritance, then what force could possibly conserve any distinguishing feature of any variant organism?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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