inheriting

Example Sentences

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It leaves Alonso inheriting a team low on confidence, operating under financial constraints and facing wider personnel challenges.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

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

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

I’ve seen several young people get into trouble after inheriting larger sums.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Tillie confided to her lawyer that she wanted to prevent Morrison from inheriting her estate and to rescind his guardianship of her children.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann