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inherited

[in-her-i-tid] / ɪnˈhɛr ɪ tɪd /


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In aplastic anemia, where the marrow stops making enough blood cells, and in inherited blood disorders such as sickle-cell disease, stem-cell transplantation has emerged as a curative therapy as the procedure has become safer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

MarketWatch Picks: My husband died, and I inherited his IRA.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been invited by councillors to relinquish his inherited Freedom of the City of London.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Kendrick Lamar and SZA may have formally kicked off the Luther Vandross revival, but Giveon has inherited it, especially on his latest 2025 LP “Beloved.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

The Adams presidency, in fact, might be the classic example of the historical truism that inherited circumstances define the parameters within which presidential leadership takes shape, that history shapes presidents, rather than vice versa.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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