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Recent Examples of inheritance
Of abuse and coercion by rapacious family members eager to get their hands on an inheritance.
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Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 25 Mar. 2025
Estate Planning And Retirement Accounts Many regulatory changes impact inheritance and tax structures.
—Blake Harris, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
This is an excellent day for any kind of financial discussion, including how to share or divide something (like an inheritance).
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2025
This unexpected inheritance has now become an issue with Sam, who recently reached out to the poster.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
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Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 25 Mar. 2025
Estate Planning And Retirement Accounts Many regulatory changes impact inheritance and tax structures.
—Blake Harris, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
This is an excellent day for any kind of financial discussion, including how to share or divide something (like an inheritance).
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2025
This unexpected inheritance has now become an issue with Sam, who recently reached out to the poster.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inheritance
Noun
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And now a decade’s worth of conservative reform in the state — the Tea Party’s greatest substantive legacy, no less — threatens to be judicially undone.—
The Editors,
National Review,
2 Apr. 2025
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Why, all the legacy and young players of the bestselling video game of all time with 300 million copies sold and nearly 140M monthly active players.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The young adults may receive a firearm as a gift or bequest, Lorenz noted, and through other exceptions carved out in the law.—
Christian Martinez,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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Ask Donors To Update Estate Plans Of the $84 trillion wealth transfer, $12 trillion is estimated to go to causes in the form of bequests.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Be Forward-Looking If feedback is such a gift, why do most of us hate receiving it as well as giving it?—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The wines aren’t really exported, either, so a bottle carried carefully back to the USA makes a welcome gift.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Inheritance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inheritance. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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