bequest

Example Sentences

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A promise or statement of intent is not the same as a bequest or beneficiary designation.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 20, 2025

In 1838 the U.S. received more than $500,000 from that bequest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

The case landed in the Court of Chancery - where Elizabeth argued her late husband had no power to grant Shakespeare's home and mentioned her grandfather's bequest to her mother.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025

Perhaps its most lasting bequest to television, however, is the messy friend defined by Dunham’s Hannah Horvath.

From Salon • Jul. 10, 2025

In April of 1857, Mrs. Fox wrote to Robert Kane asking about the bequest for Maggie; he didn’t respond.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock