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inheritance

[in-her-i-tuhns] / ɪnˈhɛr ɪ təns /
NOUN
possession gained through someone's death
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His language implicitly reaffirmed a vision of citizenship based on civic membership rather than ethnic inheritance.

From Salon • May 11, 2026

All of these would have different outcomes for taxes and inheritance, not least your control over the property.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

Samsung confirmed on Sunday that the final payment had been made, noting that the sum is equivalent to roughly one and a half times the country's total inheritance tax revenue for 2024.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Mr. Bielenia’s Ignac is the General’s opposite—unsure, abused, desperate to secure his inheritance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

It had to possess chemical regularity—otherwise, routine processes such as copying and transmission would not work—but it also had to be capable of extraordinary irregularity—or else, the enormous diversity of inheritance could not be explained.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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