- present participle of inherit.
inheriting
Example Sentences
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While Sally seems worried about her daughters inheriting her powers, the clip also hints that there might be some happier times ahead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
He also argued that he had changed Labour after inheriting a party that was "politically, financially and morally bankrupt".
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Understand the implications of inheriting bank or retirement accounts, such as how the money may be transferred from one person to another or what the distribution rules might be for an investment account.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
"Non-Mendelian patterns of inheriting epigenetics could be a faster way to acquire diverse or new traits than alterations in the genomic sequence itself, especially in response to environmental pressures," says Andrew Feinberg, M.D.,
From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026
Einsteinian physics can thus be regarded as inheriting the results of Newtonian physics while going far beyond them.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
