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Because of the proximity to the inauguration, Biden will reportedly not be enforcing the ban and is leaving the decision to his successor.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025 -
But in spite of those successes, Biden's legacy likely rests largely in the hands of his successor: Donald Trump.—
David Morgan,
CBS News,
17 Jan. 2025
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What To Know Social Security claimants in Vermont and Utah could end up with some extra cash in their pockets if two separate proposals become law.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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The fires underscore this failure, but no policy that apportions the state’s supply among those claimants could have saved the communities destroyed by fire over the last week.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2025
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The King may, however, select one of his brothers as heir apparent.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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Jones was drafted in 2019 with the No. 6 pick as the heir apparent to Eli Manning.—
Mike DeFabo,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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As a representative, McKinley introduced the McKinley Tariff, which passed in 1890 and dramatically increased taxes on foreign products.—
Molly Bohannon,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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Customer service representatives are available 24/7 at 888-842-6328.—
Kelsey Neubauer,
CNBC,
20 Jan. 2025
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Miami deciding to call attention to the NFL’s longest current playoff-victory drought would be akin to Richard Nixon’s heirs staging an annual Watergate parade.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
16 Jan. 2025
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Season two hones in on the nature-versus-nurture tension between the innies and the outies, most poignantly through office rebel Helly (Britt Lower), who discovered at the end of season one that her outie is Helena Eagan, heir to the company that she’s dedicated her life to railing against.—
Abby Monteil,
Them,
15 Jan. 2025
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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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Research into beneficiaries comes amid reports that TikTok is preparing to shutter its app in the U.S. on Jan.19 in response to a federal ban slated to go into effect.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2025
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Both daughters are beneficiaries of The Tony Bennett 1994 Family Trust, as is their brother Dae, while Danny is sole trustee.—
Rachel DeSantis,
People.com,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Succeeder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/succeeder. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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