heiress
Example Sentences
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It was eventually sold for $85 million in 2011 to Formula 1 heiress Petra Ecclestone.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026
That same year, he married Jane Lauder, an executive at Estée Lauder and an heiress to one of America’s wealthiest families.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
The project was commissioned as part of the La Plaza shopping complex by Julia Carnell, the heiress to a national cash register empire based in Dayton, Ohio.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025
The painting shows Lederer, an heiress and the daughter of one of Klimt's patrons, wearing a white robe and stood in front of a blue tapestry covered in Asian motifs.
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025
She had all the attention she could handle without them; after all, she was an heiress now.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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