inherited

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It follows that liberation requires dismantling inherited forms of knowledge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

The disease is inherited and currently incurable, with many children dying within a few years of diagnosis.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

When Mr. de Waal, a British ceramicist, inherited 264 of these netsuke from a relative in the 1990s, he became fascinated by their artistry—and their provenance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Collier-Keywood has also repeatedly stressed the financial difficulties that he and current chief executive Abi Tierney inherited from previous leaders.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Their legs were long and slim, and I wondered why they weren’t cursed with the big-boned frames Juanita and I had inherited from Mamá.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall