inheritance
Example Sentences
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First-time buyers are also drawing more heavily on the bank of mum and dad - with almost one in three deposits coming from family gifts, and almost a tenth coming from inheritance.
From BBC
Can we legally reject the inheritance through a filing with the probate court?
From MarketWatch
He says he isn’t, but his optimism is guarded: “Our constitutional structure is still the greatest inheritance that anybody’s ever received.”
I am days away from receiving an unexpected inheritance of slightly more than $400,000.
From MarketWatch
When Ismene complains, “Wouldn’t it have been ok to just let things be . . . quiet for a while? Not to make drama,” Antigone snaps, “Isn’t making drama, like, our inheritance?”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
