inheritance

Example Sentences

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Beyoncé “recognizes the ability of music and image, interwoven together and separately in themselves, to carry an inheritance, to tell a story of who we are and where we are from.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Their unity is grounded not in outrage alone, but in a conviction to reclaim their inheritance.

From Salon

Compromises are more complicated when one partner is contributing a substantial inheritance, but many happy and successful marriages still keep track of inheritances as separate property and document spouses’ respective contributions without undermining trust.

From MarketWatch

I will get an inheritance, but hopefully not for a long time.

From MarketWatch

When he was 19, his grandmother died and left him a small inheritance which he used to fund a trip to Madagascar, having seen Sir David's programme about the African island.

From BBC