inherit
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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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Word Generation Science - Life Science
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