inheritor

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The nizam’s court, with its sumptuous palaces, its concubines, its rituals and recitations of poetry and music, was the chief inheritor of the archaic grandeur of the moguls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Many argue she should also be seen and recognised as the descendant of another kind of family and that is the inheritor of generations of black female activists.

From BBC • Jul. 21, 2024

For their loved ones, it's the life-changing difference between being a wife and a widow, a companion and a mourner, a child and an inheritor.

From Salon • Jul. 14, 2023

Though the musician and entrepreneur’s position as the inheritor of the position was hotly debated, Williams’ celebrity friends cheered him on from the front row.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2023

Soon after John Mayer put on the Space Task Group jersey, Carl Huss and Ted Skopinski followed suit, making Katherine the natural inheritor of the research report that would describe Project Mercury’s orbital flight.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly