heir
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No other details have officially been disclosed, and he had not previously been presented as Oyo's heir.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Harry reportedly remains estranged from Prince William, his brother and heir to the throne, and William's wife Catherine.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
His estranged brother’s decision to move back puts the heir to the throne under pressure to extend an olive branch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The 98% share would revert to the original owner’s estate, a contingent beneficiary or a direct heir.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
‘I am one good reason. The Ring is another: you are the Ring-bearer. And you are the heir of Bilbo, the Ring-finder.’
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
To simplify inheritances, many IRA owners like to leave tax-free Roth accounts to their heirs, giving them up to 10 years to withdraw the Roth funds with no required payouts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
An executor has a fiduciary responsibility to transparently and honestly deal with all aspects of the deceased’s estate, including paying creditors and taxes and distributing assets to heirs.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Some timberland owners, worried that planting could saddle their heirs with trees they won’t be able to sell, are rethinking the future.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
But his plan ran up against opposition from some of the heirs as well as reservations from Delfin's board of directors.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
In short, literacy made the Spaniards heirs to a huge body of knowledge about human behavior and history.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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