inheritance
Example Sentences
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His language implicitly reaffirmed a vision of citizenship based on civic membership rather than ethnic inheritance.
From Salon • May 11, 2026
His tenure has been marked by numerous U-turns on issues big and small, from whether to issue national ID cards to an inheritance tax on farmers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
“When my mother-in-law dies, any inheritance there will be put in just my wife’s name as well,” he added.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
In 2012 his elder brother – Lee Jae-yong's uncle - launched a bid to reclaim what he saw as his rightful inheritance.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
It was this complex and ambiguous inheritance that the Royal Society adopted when it wrote the word into its Statutes.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing inheritance
"The Hill We Climb," by Amanda Gorman
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Genetics - Inheritance and Variation of Traits
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