inheritor
Example Sentences
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The search for an Obama inheritor isn’t totally new.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
The nizam’s court, with its sumptuous palaces, its concubines, its rituals and recitations of poetry and music, was the chief inheritor of the archaic grandeur of the moguls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
Withdrawals from inherited Roth accounts aren’t taxable, but the accounts still must be drained by the inheritor within a decade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2025
“CP3 is the inheritor of the primary and founding mission of DHS — to prevent terrorism,” Braniff wrote on LinkedIn when he announced his resignation.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2025
It was as the inheritor of a view which covered a dozen miles of rollers, and hundreds of miW of cumulus.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
