scion
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The house was part of the Nymans country estate, which was purchased by Ludwig Messel, wealthy scion of a German Jewish banking family in the 1890s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026
Even his working-class credentials came under attack; the scion of a well-heeled family, Platner attended boarding school and got $200,000 from his dad to buy a house.
From Slate • Jul. 7, 2026
“You’re going to be a great success,” Trump recently said on stage when he saw the scion in a Miami crowd.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026
Alex Murdaugh, 57, scion of an elite family of judges and attorneys, was denied a fair trial because a court clerk influenced the jury, the South Carolina Supreme Court said.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
In France, Prince Louis-Victor de Broglie, the scion of a ducal family, found that certain anomalies in the behavior of electrons disappeared when one regarded them as waves.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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