legacy
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Diller’s bid also comes when the legacy casino industry is under pressure from digital competitors, including sports platforms DraftKings and FanDuel and prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
And while that relentless sanguinity might be unrealistic, it’s perfect for a film that ostensibly exists as the definitive last word in a legacy.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
“His legacy lives on through the music he helped create and the countless people he inspired.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
Your traditional IRAs would likely be taxable as ordinary income if/when inherited by your heirs, so taxable investments can be more tax-efficient from a legacy perspective than preserving IRA assets.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
“To be free of all this responsibility? To be released from your grandmother’s legacy? To not have to worry about a culture that’s not yours? To just be ordinary?”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Vocabulary lists containing legacy
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