legacy
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"This is probably my last year of football, and I want to leave a spectacular legacy," Ronaldo told Vogue in an interview about his wedding.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Washington, meanwhile, famously made relinquishing power part of his own legacy.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
But maybe you have a legacy plan or some other purpose for your fortune and want to preserve what you have now.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Robinson agrees: “The whole show is about how if Ron figures out this chair stuff, the fall becomes nothing. If he gets what he wants, his legacy is set in stone.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
What would it tell me about the man who started our family’s “batball” legacy?
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
Yet many of these widows, daughters, and other female successors were also savvy political operators, leaving behind genuine legislative legacies or winning office in their own right.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
Rosie Hicks, vice chair of the charity's board of trustees, said it was a challenging time for all charities and the trust was receiving fewer donations and legacies.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
One of Greenspan’s most enduring legacies at the Fed was the way in which the dour and bespectacled New Yorker helped unravel the central bank’s mystique.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
That trip, and the strategy behind it, remain one of his most positive legacies.
From Salon ● May 14, 2026
The culture we belong to and the legacies passed down by our forebears shape the patterns of our achievement in ways we cannot begin to imagine.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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