inherited
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His wife passed away unexpectedly a little over three years ago, and he inherited her share of everything.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
Kendrick Lamar and SZA may have formally kicked off the Luther Vandross revival, but Giveon has inherited it, especially on his latest 2025 LP “Beloved.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
Earlier estimates suggested that inherited factors explained about 20 to 25 percent of lifespan differences, and some large studies even placed the number below 10 percent.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
He poured money into encouraging couples to have more children, but by 2025, the fertility rate had fallen back to 1.31 - the same number he inherited from the Socialists in 2010.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
Every plant inherited one copy from each parent—one allele from father, via sperm, and one from mother, via the egg.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing inherited
Genetics - Middle School
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Genetics - High School
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STAAR Biology: Biological Evolution and Classification
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