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
In 2024, voters elected a new mayor, Democrat Daniel Lurie, who is an heir to the Levi-Strauss fortune.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
Republican strategists said Vance’s participation is a demonstration that Trump trusts him, an essential trait for any future Republican presidential nominee and aspiring heir to the MAGA movement.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
However, some critics argue the proposal risks keeping the collection in the Netherlands rather than intensifying efforts to locate possible heirs—or even selling works to benefit Holocaust survivors.
—Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Ternus had been seen as an heir.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
Republican strategists said Vance’s participation is a demonstration that Trump trusts him, an essential trait for any future Republican presidential nominee and aspiring heir to the MAGA movement.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
However, some critics argue the proposal risks keeping the collection in the Netherlands rather than intensifying efforts to locate possible heirs—or even selling works to benefit Holocaust survivors.
—Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Ternus had been seen as an heir.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heir
Noun
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His inheritor would truly get the movement going.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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That leaves Oseguera’s cadre of regional commanders as the most likely inheritors of his drug empire.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026
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The old immigrants are likely to remain—in the manner of the occasional Wasp legatee (Wagner, Lindsay) who poked in during the buoyant sixties—more visitors to wars over civic power than victors in them.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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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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Two semifinals, on May 12 and 14, will winnow the field of competitors down to 25 who will compete in the grand final on May 16, hosted by Austrian singer/crystal heiress Victoria Swarovski and actor Michael Ostrowski.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 May 2026
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The queen of holiday festivities took a moment to pose for photos with her heir and heiress while hosting a Halloween party in 2015.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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More than two centuries after the 13 colonies rebelled against King George III and sent his redcoats packing, a direct descendant of that monarch will arrive Monday in Washington to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence from British rule.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
26 Apr. 2026
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Mendoza himself is Cuban, as the descendant of Cuban refugees.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Heir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heir. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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