legacy
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For the 20th anniversary of Irwin’s untimely death, Ivana Rihter reflects on the conservationist’s legacy.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026
Reitzes initially expected that as a legacy software company, Microsoft would face challenges as big AI companies came out with new models.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
With Noah being a Manhunter, it turned out that he and John were dealing with similar questions around lineage and legacy and nature versus nurture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
"But I say that it is a legacy and a heritage that we should be proud of and use to inspire the next generation."
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Its legacy reached back to the thirteenth century, but now lay crushed underfoot.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
People who leave charities donations, legacies and bequests in their wills make noticeable differences to organisations, no matter what the amount is, sector leaders say.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
They have benefited from long defence and aerospace legacies, top-flight technical universities, a ready pool of talent and a supportive political climate, industry insiders say.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
One could even argue that it’s now an even more critical part of Panettiere and Trachtenberg’s legacies.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
Yet many of these widows, daughters, and other female successors were also savvy political operators, leaving behind genuine legislative legacies or winning office in their own right.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
Those legacies of multiple independent domestications may provide further testimony to the slow diffusion of crops along the Americas’ north-south axis.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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