inheriting

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Warsh’s first rate-setting meeting as chair likely won’t be until late June, and the committee he is inheriting is already moving against him.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Tuesday’s consumer inflation data for April show he is inheriting one of the most difficult monetary tasks since Paul Volcker took over from G. William Miller in 1979.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Dealing with inheriting the captaincy from a respected figure in the squad who was staying at the club - Fernandes at Manchester United, Rooney at DC United.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Ternus is inheriting a massive business, finely-tuned to delight die-hard fans.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 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