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inherit

verb as in gain as possession from someone's death

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Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones said again that the Labour government had inherited a difficult economic situation following the General Election.

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Dame Angela said Labour was making the asylum system "fit for purpose" after inheriting "an unholy mess" - where fewer than 1,000 cases a month were being processed.

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Currently, pedigrees are how horse owners and breeders find out which stallions are in a horse's ancestry, which gives information on the traits a horse may have inherited.

She inherits a roster that was hit hard by injuries last season while pushing to rebuild around young talent.

His farming career began in the 1970s when he inherited a rubber plantation in the the southern Indian state of Kerala , which he managed alongside his career as a doctor.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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