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heiress

[air-is] / ˈɛər ɪs /






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Hotel heiress Paris Hilton outside the US Capitol on 17 December 2024.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

“It is your house,” the hotel heiress said.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026

It has held a position in the Garnier and Maybelline owner since 1974, when it bought in at the request of L’Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt to help stop the French government from nationalizing the company.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

The Kennedy heiress has already secured an offer for the quaint home near the Kennedy family’s famed Hyannis Port compound.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Somebody told me later she was a paper-mill heiress from the Midwest.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

A number of the Mars heiresses have held top roles at the candy and pet-food company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026

Who would listen to wealthy heirs and heiresses?

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025

“I thought heiresses were supposed to have money,” she said.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2022

Raniere’s endorsers included television stars like Mack, deep-pocketed believers like the Seagram heiresses Sara and Clare Bronfman and affable, normal-seeming guys like Mark Vicente.

From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2020

Van never lost his way with women, and he later married and divorced at least two heiresses.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield


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