inheritance
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Karl Lagerfeld’s cat waiting six years for her inheritance.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
If your daughter is married or marries sometime in the future, she can decide how much of her inheritance will be commingled with her spouse’s finances.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
Some civic and cultural inheritance worth passing on.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
Researchers found that about 7% of the epigenetic inheritance patterns they examined behaved in unexpected ways.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
Using her small inheritance, my mother enrolled in cosmetology school.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Vocabulary lists containing inheritance
"The Hill We Climb," by Amanda Gorman
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"The Origin of Species by Natural Selection" by Charles Darwin: Essential Words
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Genetics - Inheritance and Variation of Traits
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