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inherit

[in-her-it] / ɪnˈhɛr ɪt /


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“I was my mother’s only daughter,” Ms. Phillips notes, “the one who would inherit the dishes, the cradles, the women’s things, and the stories.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

My sibling and I want to inherit the house one day, but we might have to sell to pay off the debt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

I know you want to inherit the house, but you can’t jeopardize your own savings to keep it.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

It’s a study of what we inherit from our parents.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Franz Ferdinand was to eventually inherit the Hapsburg crown from his eighty-three-year-old uncle, Emperor Franz Joseph, and he planned to give the Bosnian Serbs a greater voice in the Austro-Hungarian government.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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