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But rising life expectancy expands their time horizon, and many households with $1 million or more in investable assets intend to bequeath a substantial portion of their assets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

Related: My second husband will leave me $540,000 if I bequeath him my $130,000 net worth.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026

If you bequeath a Roth, heirs’ withdrawals are tax-free.

From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026

Brandi Schmitt is director of the anatomical donation programme at the University of California, a popular destination for people wishing to bequeath their bodies.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2025

I had now produced an heir, though I had litde as yet to bequeath to him.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

The passage of great TV characters bequeaths to their survivors, including the audience, a rummage of questions that end up shaping their journey.

From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2025

He appointed more than 140 cardinals from non-European countries and bequeaths his successor a Church that is far more global in outlook than the one he inherited.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2025

Because Bill saw a kindred spirit in Joel as someone who protects those they love, he bequeaths everything he owns to Joel so he can keep Tess safe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2023

The loss of Jonathan Demme is a sad surprise, for the films that he bequeaths to us remain, to an uncommon degree, the work of a good man.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 29, 2017

The latter informs the party that she bequeaths untold wealth to the young pair and an awful doom to Don Pedro, if he doesn’t make them happy.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

And since houses can be bequeathed tax-free, having a valuable property can help homeowners who want to leave something to the next generation.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

Yet feats of demography are only part of what “Revolver” bequeathed.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

Each box owner has about 10 seats that can be transferred, rented out or bequeathed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

Slot was bequeathed quality, but he put his own stamp on it to make Liverpool title winners.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

And at last they learned how these nobly born Siamese acquired the kink at the end of their tails and bequeathed it to all their descendants.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford

Museums have for a long time relied on wealthy individuals bequeathing, loaning or donating artefacts to build their science and art collections, explains Dr Smithwick, who recovers and sells fossils professionally.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

Hassan got further scope to exercise his instincts after Hafez al-Assad died in 2000, bequeathing power to his second son, Bashar, a British-educated eye surgeon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

He played the role of mediator, bequeathing legitimacy to a group which seemingly needed his normalcy.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2024

Longtime Dodgers fans will cringe at the bequeathing of so much power to one player, but this is how it works in Tinseltown.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2024

They reach out to people, hosting dinner parties, bequeathing little bits of themselves to their friends.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri