coheiress

noun

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as in coheir

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  1. heiress
  2. successor
  3. heir apparent
Noun
  • The couple became engaged in January 2018, when Zylka famously gave the heiress a $2 million engagement ring, but broke up 10 months later.
    Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
  • The girl in question is Caroline Blackwood, a twenty-one-year-old heiress of aristocratic extraction, who would soon become the artist’s wife.
    Negar Azimi, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of heiress
Noun
  • The TikTok legislation imposes hefty fines on companies found to be in violation, and Trump or his eventual successor could change their minds on enforcement.
    Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Among the most glaring examples is Ninth Division Commander Gen. Roh Tae-gun (Park Jae-hoon, excellent), a weak-willed lackey seduced by power and greed who’s based on Roh Tae-woo, Chun’s successor as president in 1988.
    Richard Kuipers, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of successor
Noun
  • With Thompson having spent the majority of his impressive rookie campaign playing as a wing (and thriving), the thinking became that Sheppard was the new heir apparent at the position.
    Rahat Huq, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • When Hafez Assad died of chronic heart trouble in 2000, Bashar Assad was the heir apparent.
    Greg Myre, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
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