inherit
Example Sentences
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When your children eventually inherit your Roth IRA, they have a 10-year window to withdraw the funds.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
Yet it’s worth paying attention to U.S. budgets even if Trump won’t, for the sake of our children and grandchildren who’ll inherit the bills.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
My sibling and I want to inherit the house one day, but we might have to sell to pay off the debt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
And some minor children who inherit IRAs must take annual withdrawals from them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
‘When the meek inherit the earth,’ she said, ‘I doubt Johnny gets as much as one divot of sod.’
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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