legacy
Example Sentences
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His legacy is the Woodson Center, whose mission is to seek out those “models of success” and replicate them.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
"In the cinema, Bond’s legacy as a character has become problematic and his motivations as a modern British secret agent uncertain," he added.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
"The legacy he'll leave behind is how nice of a human being he is, how good of a guy," Djokovic said.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
“The legacy fee-for-transaction business is kind of maturing, and what’s driving growth is predominantly value-added services,” he added.
From MarketWatch • May 25, 2026
It was like all the good and true things he’d ever done didn’t matter, and he, who he was, the legacy he’d worked so hard for, was dissolving, frittering away with every lie they told.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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