inheritance
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Josh spent Lindsay’s inheritance on taking care of his mother.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
But Billy died suddenly in January, and his son and Marie-Thérèse reportedly entered a dispute over his inheritance.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Framing a gift as an inheritance would, I believe, even that score.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
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
The existence of dominant and recessive alleles for a trait contradicted nineteenth-century theories of blending inheritance: the hybrids that Mendel had generated did not possess intermediate features.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing inheritance
"The Hill We Climb," by Amanda Gorman
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"The Origin of Species by Natural Selection" by Charles Darwin: Essential Words
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Genetics - Inheritance and Variation of Traits
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