inherited
Example Sentences
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MarketWatch Picks: My husband died, and I inherited his IRA.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been invited by councillors to relinquish his inherited Freedom of the City of London.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Kendrick Lamar and SZA may have formally kicked off the Luther Vandross revival, but Giveon has inherited it, especially on his latest 2025 LP “Beloved.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
Earlier estimates suggested that inherited factors explained about 20 to 25 percent of lifespan differences, and some large studies even placed the number below 10 percent.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
Maybe he’d inherited an athletic gene and didn’t even know it.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Vocabulary lists containing inherited
Genetics - Middle School
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Genetics - High School
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STAAR Biology: Biological Evolution and Classification
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