as in inheritor
a person who has the right to inherit property
upon his death, Mr. Parkworth's property was divided evenly among his heirs, four sons and three daughters
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Recent Examples of heir
These strategies allow the appreciation of assets to benefit heirs rather than being subject to high estate taxes.
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Jessica Ledingham, J.d., Ll.m., Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
The school was founded and paid for by Walmart heir Alice Walton.
—Worth Sparkman, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024
After several museums and private collectors gave up their ownership claims, an outcome the heirs were unable to reach through the courts, the Schiele artworks were returned to the Grünbaum heirs.
—Patricia Failing, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024
The documentary directed by BAFTA winner Leo Burley follows the heir to the throne during the first year of his Homewards program from The Royal Foundation.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
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Jessica Ledingham, J.d., Ll.m., Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
The school was founded and paid for by Walmart heir Alice Walton.
—Worth Sparkman, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024
After several museums and private collectors gave up their ownership claims, an outcome the heirs were unable to reach through the courts, the Schiele artworks were returned to the Grünbaum heirs.
—Patricia Failing, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024
The documentary directed by BAFTA winner Leo Burley follows the heir to the throne during the first year of his Homewards program from The Royal Foundation.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
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Trump and allies, meanwhile, often cast him as legatee of Reagan.David Jackson, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2024
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Humans, as legatees of this heritage, learn by seeing and visualizing.Stephen Jay Gould, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
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Aid groups have warned that there is no immediate replacement for UNRWA, which provides education, healthcare and emergency aid to millions of Palestinian refugees from the 1948 war surrounding Israel’s creation and their descendants.Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
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Israeli officials have rejected UNRWA’s definition of which Palestinians are eligible for refugee status, arguing that descendants of the 1948 refugees do not qualify and thus don’t have the right to return to their ancestral homes in what is now Israel.Nadeen Ebrahim and Salma Arafa, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
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The 71-year-old heiress was for many years the world’s wealthiest woman, a position now occupied by Alice Walton.Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune Europe, 28 Oct. 2024
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In Monkey Hill, an heiress accused of a white-collar crime hides away with her husband at a luxury resort in an Indian holy city.Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Heir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heir. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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