heritage
Example Sentences
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The culture secretary, who is of mixed Indian and British heritage, has no truck with the idea that nationality has to be related to ancestry.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
I think you could be a steelworker and you could be proud of where you work, your heritage, your family history within that industry and be concerned about the environment.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
Wang, the finance chief, said that the goal will be to preserve Lotus’s spirit and heritage.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
The second thing he did was hand out sombreros in honor of his Mexican heritage and status as the first Latino majority owner in America’s major professional sports.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
That the whole thing—the grandmother, his heritage, the bar mitzvah—was just the latest and most elaborate of the series of unfunny pranks that he and his idiot friends are famous for.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
Vocabulary lists containing heritage
It's All in the Family
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"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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