bequest
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I have one daughter who is well off, having received a generous bequest through my deceased sister’s will.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026
In 1838 the U.S. received more than $500,000 from that bequest.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025
British scientist James Smithson’s bequest was intended to support “the increase and diffusion of knowledge.”
From Salon • Aug. 22, 2025
The left-field bequest — as if tending to Walter’s legacy with an overdue book of his correspondence wasn’t enough — is, to Iris, a mystery on top of a conundrum.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025
In the embers of the last days of the Roman Empire we are able, out of centuries of silence, to hear the only living musical bequest of the Ancient World.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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