legacy
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Even if it is far too late, that is the kind of legacy Fury-Joshua can still leave.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Appreciate a music legend’s legacy: Dolly Parton got her start in Nashville as a country star, but she cemented her status as a global icon by courting pop fans.
From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2026
Doing that would betray their ignorance of the show’s legacy, especially the five seasons that Allen captained.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
Did the keepers of Christie’s legacy object to anything in your manuscript?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
After hearing that for maybe the fiftieth time, and learning more about my family’s baseball legacy, it occurred to me that the trunk might not be real.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
For Herron, that is one of the franchise’s most significant legacies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Many institutions have adopted policies to aid minority and underprivileged students in an attempt to balance out legacies of discrimination in both higher education and American society.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 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
The culture we belong to and the legacies passed down by our forebears shape the patterns of our achievement in ways we cannot begin to imagine.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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