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Recent Examples of heiress
The Kansas City Chiefs heiress is the eldest child of team owner Clark Hunt, who inherited the team after his father died in 2006.
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Nasha Smith, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, several of the female billionaires on the Forbes list are heiresses to the Walmart fortune, including Ann Walton Kroenke and Alice Walton.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 5 Feb. 2025
Mackenzie Scott, Melinda French Gates and Austrian heiress Marlene Engelhorn has each given away millions – quickly and strategically, with a strong emphasis on equality and fairness.
—Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Kim Min-hee as Lady Hideko, a Japanese heiress, and Kim Tae-ri as Sook-hee, the pickpocket hired by a nefarious man to convince Hideko to marry him while serving as her maid.
—Samantha Allen, Them, 10 Feb. 2025
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Nasha Smith, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, several of the female billionaires on the Forbes list are heiresses to the Walmart fortune, including Ann Walton Kroenke and Alice Walton.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 5 Feb. 2025
Mackenzie Scott, Melinda French Gates and Austrian heiress Marlene Engelhorn has each given away millions – quickly and strategically, with a strong emphasis on equality and fairness.
—Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Kim Min-hee as Lady Hideko, a Japanese heiress, and Kim Tae-ri as Sook-hee, the pickpocket hired by a nefarious man to convince Hideko to marry him while serving as her maid.
—Samantha Allen, Them, 10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heiress
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Mitchell was surprised at how well o3 — OpenAI’s newest reasoning model, announced at the end of last year as a successor to o1 — performed on tests.—
Sigal Samuel,
Vox,
21 Feb. 2025
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Expectation in Denmark ramped up, with the country desperate for a successor to former Australian Open champion and world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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Sanchez is back on the Chelsea bench again, this time with summer signing Filip Jorgensen the beneficiary, but this is unlikely to lead to an opportunity for Petrovic, 25, to re-establish himself at his parent club next season.—
Liam Twomey,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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Then presumably the tax will no longer apply, and the surviving spouse beneficiaries may wish to decant or reform those trusts to eliminate some of the restrictions that may not have been desired but for the tax requirements.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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But just who is the man Sandler jokingly identified as heir apparent to the sketch comedy institution?—
EW.com,
EW.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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In the general election of 2016, Trump went after President Barack Obama as a way to challenge heir apparent and Democratic nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton.—
David Jackson,
USA TODAY,
3 Nov. 2024
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That can obviously set up some interesting, and potentially uncomfortable, situations for both the devisee and your surviving spouse.—
Dallas News,
Dallas News,
20 Feb. 2022
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When a person dies, his claim passes to his heirs or devisees, subject to the administration of his estate.—
Virginia Hammerle,
Dallas News,
26 Jan. 2020
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After all, Qualcomm recently surpassed IBM as the number-two patent assignee in the U.S..—
Anshel Sag,
Forbes,
29 Feb. 2024
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The data looks at the assignees for both regular utility and design patents and was limited to assignees that received at least 10 patents within the year.—
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al,
22 June 2023
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Fourteen days later, the Rangers hired former Marlins manager Skip Schumaker as a senior advisor, perhaps bringing aboard a new heir.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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The claim is that the death tax imposes an unfair and costly tax on the transfer of property, land, and other assets from a decedent to his or her heirs and that can decimate small businesses and family farms.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Although his funds were not expected to flow until later this year, Dowdy was looking forward to the USDA's press release announcing the newest grantees.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
17 Feb. 2025
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Federal contractors and grantees are also under scrutiny.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Heiress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heiress. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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