inherited

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When heirs inherit assets in an irrevocable trust, they don’t get the benefit of a step-up in cost basis that they get on assets inherited outside the trust.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Ed died in 2019, when rules let people take minimum distributions from inherited retirement accounts over their lifetimes, allowing the balances to grow tax deferred for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

From his father, a programmer for video games whom he calls eccentric, Parsons inherited a love of sci-fi and “weird storytelling.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

For example, earlier studies showed that Tibetans inherited a Denisovan-related version of the EPAS1 gene that may have helped humans survive in high-altitude environments.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

When his first-born was put into his arms, he could see that the boy had inherited his own eyes, as they once were—large, brilliant, and black.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë