- present participle of inherit.
inheriting
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We want the intimacy of a home without necessarily inheriting all the obligations of maintaining one.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
This involves either hiring a professional trustee or a corporate trust firm to act as trustee — which is a purely administrative role and does not involve inheriting anything.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
The buyers are inheriting an already lucrative business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
John Ternus takes over as Apple's chief executive on Tuesday, inheriting a company that towers over the smartphone market but trails its rivals in artificial intelligence.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
I bet Uncle Tony and Auntie Emily—who Maddy used to call Mama Emily, which became Momly—had no idea that when they said they would be our godparents they were inheriting all this drama.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
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