inheritance

Example Sentences

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You could, if you really wanted to match your own experience dollar for dollar, give him the equivalent, in 2026 dollars, of the inheritance you received.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

My sexuality doesn’t obligate me to embrace a particular ideology or to reject the moral inheritance of the society that made my life possible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

That said, relying on a future inheritance is a perilous strategy for compensation.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

First-time buyers are also drawing more heavily on the bank of mum and dad - with almost one in three deposits coming from family gifts, and almost a tenth coming from inheritance.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

He comes of age and into his inheritance today.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien