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bequeath

[bih-kweeth, -kweeth] / bɪˈkwiθ, -ˈkwið /


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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

Why do voters and MPs bequeath and remove their support with seemingly such casual ease?

From BBC May 16, 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

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

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

Liz Truss bequeaths her successor a party in chaos, spiralling prices, rising interest rates and squeezed government budgets.

From BBC Oct. 20, 2022

In what may be his final public act, John McCain this month will publish a book that bequeaths us a rare gift.

From Washington Post May 6, 2018

She bequeaths her stuffed toys to Gloria’s fourteen-year- old daughter.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

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

The divergent societies the two ships bequeathed would foster what Mr. Reynolds maintains were in effect two competing nationalities.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

Gehry bequeathed blueprints and models, sketches and concepts, for his large and devoted team of younger architects and next-generation visionaries equipped to fabricate our way out of angst.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 20, 2026

Mom says, “I quote, ‘This good book is bequeathed to my granddaughter, Jude Sweetwine, the last remaining bearer of The Sweetwine Gift.’”

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

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

Robbie, my great-aunt, my rigid taskmaster of a piano teacher, passed away in June, bequeathing her house on Euclid to my parents, allowing them to become home owners for the first time.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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