bequest

Example Sentences

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That’s a father’s bequest to his son, and a public servant’s to his country.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Oct. 20, 2025

British scientist James Smithson’s bequest was intended to support “the increase and diffusion of knowledge.”

From Salon • Aug. 22, 2025

The left-field bequest — as if tending to Walter’s legacy with an overdue book of his correspondence wasn’t enough — is, to Iris, a mystery on top of a conundrum.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025

In the embers of the last days of the Roman Empire we are able, out of centuries of silence, to hear the only living musical bequest of the Ancient World.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall