inheritance

Example Sentences

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My sexuality doesn’t obligate me to embrace a particular ideology or to reject the moral inheritance of the society that made my life possible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

But man’s life is limited and the institution is continuous, an inheritance accumulated across time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

As a result, she has taken my inheritance, my older sister’s inheritance and my uncle’s inheritance.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

But court watchers may not expect to hear debate about an 1844 inheritance case from New York.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2026

Her inheritance wouldn’t be worth much, whether or not the earl married.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine