inherited

Example Sentences

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However, I recently disclaimed part of a traditional IRA I inherited, and it worked out well.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The disease is inherited and currently incurable, with many children dying within a few years of diagnosis.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

The couple inherited a large Cotswolds estate—with little income to sustain it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Collier-Keywood has also repeatedly stressed the financial difficulties that he and current chief executive Abi Tierney inherited from previous leaders.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

When his first-born was put into his arms, he could see that the boy had inherited his own eyes, as they once were—large, brilliant, and black.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë