inheriting

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Warsh’s first rate-setting meeting as chair likely won’t be until late June, and the committee he is inheriting is already moving against him.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

What is also real is the weight of what he is inheriting.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Tuesday’s consumer inflation data for April show he is inheriting one of the most difficult monetary tasks since Paul Volcker took over from G. William Miller in 1979.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

He is estranged from his son so he does not mind you inheriting his estate.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

At noon on the following day, Wense Grabarek was sworn in as mayor of Durham, inheriting a city described by one newspaper as “a powder keg.”

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson