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heir

noun as in person who inherits possessions

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Voters instead chose a political outsider, wealthy philanthropist and Levi’s heir Daniel Lurie, who promised to shut down open-air drug markets and make San Francisco less welcoming to street encampments.

Levi’s heir and nonprofit executive Daniel Lurie soundly beat incumbent Mayor London Breed to become San Francisco’s next mayor.

He’s previously criticized many of NATO’s European members for failing to commit more of heir GDP to their defense budgets.

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Harris is a child of and heir to the Black Freedom Struggle and the long civil rights movement.

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The most glaring sign that we’ve turned a permanent corner is Trump’s vice presidential pick and heir apparent.

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

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