executor
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The battles fought between surviving friends—in this case Wilde’s literary executor, Robert Ross, and Wilde’s onetime boyfriend, Alfred “Bosie” Douglas—are more partisan, the enmities more acrimonious.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Choose an executor: This is the person who will make sure your wishes are carried out.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
A trustee and executor are two different roles.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Just because you are the executor and the more conscientious sibling does not mean that you are the one who must shoulder the burden of taxes and maintenance costs.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
He had been the executor of her father’s estate, appointed by no will since Mr Coldfield left neither will nor estate except the house and the rifled shell of the store.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
Banks and law firms often have fiduciaries who act as executors.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Given the complexity and time involved, executors can bill the estate for their time and effort, as long as they follow the state laws, court rules and instructions in the will.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
“AI factories are relatively new and evolving and require significant learning along the way. The beneficiaries will be the top executors, from infrastructure players to bare metal powered shell and neo-cloud operators,” he writes.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Affected families, beneficiaries, and executors do not need to do anything at this stage, the bank said.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
They were given the new job, as custodians of our peace of mind, the focus of our understandable and rightful dread of being inferior; official censors, judges, and executors.
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
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