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

“In some severe cases, the plaintiff may have additional remedies through a civil lawsuit for claims like negligence or tortious interference with inheritance rights,” the law firm says.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

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

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2026

First-time buyers are also drawing more heavily on the bank of mum and dad - with almost one in three deposits coming from family gifts, and almost a tenth coming from inheritance.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Second, genes had to explain evolution: How could the inheritance of such units explain that organisms have acquired vastly different forms and features over time?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee