inheritance
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Associates of the former prime minister said at the time that the items were linked to family inheritance, Agence France-Presse reported.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
It also clarified how, in a philosophical sense, the inheritance of the founding was accessible to more than the direct posterity of the Founders.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
In such a city, identity was less an inheritance than a layering.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Karl Lagerfeld’s cat waiting six years for her inheritance.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 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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"The Hill We Climb," by Amanda Gorman
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Genetics - Inheritance and Variation of Traits
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