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For example, bank accounts owned by joint tenants with right of survivorship will automatically pass to the surviving account holder, no matter what the will says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

The researchers propose that rising NDRG1 levels reflect what they call a "cellular survivorship bias."

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

I do not want a dime — only the rights of survivorship.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026

The most practical solution: Community property with right of survivorship or, as a halfway point, a clearly drafted life-estate agreement, ideally memorialized in a postnuptial agreement to fend off any disgruntled stepchildren.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026

For career military personnel, the protection of the old-age and survivors' insurance system would be an important and long-needed addition, especially to their present unequal and inadequate survivorship protection.

From State of the Union Address by Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)