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inheriting

adjective as in realizing

adjective as in receiving

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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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The new USC basketball coach knew what he was inheriting when he took the reins of an underperforming program last spring.

The former Ajax manager was adamant joining United was not a risk despite the mess he seemed to be inheriting at his new club.

From BBC

Various rules exist when inheriting money from partners or parents when they die.

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"I feel fortunate for inheriting a social conscience and an interest in what was going on around me," he says.

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

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