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Recent Examples of heiress
On Wednesday, June 25, the 44-year-old heiress shared a carousel of photographs from her recent vacation to the Mediterranean island of Sardinia.
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Clare Fisher, People.com, 26 June 2025
Among the VIPs: Prince Charles, Lord Mountbatten, Broadway legend Mary Martin, actor Raymond Burr, actress and Post Cereals heiress Dina Merrill.
—Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 9 July 2025
The Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actor purchased the home from oil heiress Aileen Getty for $5.5 million in April 2023, according to The Daily Mail.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 26 June 2025
One of the main features that drew in the heiress and her husband happened to be the neighborhood, the release noted.
—Tj MacIas, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2025
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Clare Fisher, People.com, 26 June 2025
Among the VIPs: Prince Charles, Lord Mountbatten, Broadway legend Mary Martin, actor Raymond Burr, actress and Post Cereals heiress Dina Merrill.
—Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 9 July 2025
The Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actor purchased the home from oil heiress Aileen Getty for $5.5 million in April 2023, according to The Daily Mail.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 26 June 2025
One of the main features that drew in the heiress and her husband happened to be the neighborhood, the release noted.
—Tj MacIas, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heiress
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And although DeKnight told EW that Spartacus himself is still dead in the timeline of this successor show, Liam McIntyre, who played the role on the previous Vengeance and War of the Damned seasons of the original drama, returned to moderate the conversation.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
27 July 2025
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Smith’s successor Erik Engstrom, a former Elsevier CEO, has been in the job ever since and has built the business both organically and by regular bolt-on acquisitions, including five last year alone.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
23 July 2025
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The changes are happening now, and the Trump stock market will be the lucky beneficiary.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
13 July 2025
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Paris, along with brothers Prince and Bigi, serve as beneficiaries of the late pop star's estate.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
12 July 2025
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He is seen as an ideological heir apparent to Justice Clarence Thomas.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
21 May 2025
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Francis had his eye on the new pope Francis, the first Latin American pope, clearly had his eye on Prevost and in many ways saw him as his heir apparent.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2025
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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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Sometimes, assignees need to do tasks in a certain order, and the completion of some tasks might change what future tasks entail.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
21 July 2025
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Unless prior to the sale the bankruptcy trustee negotiates with the LLC managers to admit the purchaser, the purchaser at the judicial sale will not be anything more than an assignee of the distributional interest as was the result in this case.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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At one point, the heir to the throne was shown kissing his wife on the cheek.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
9 July 2025
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For years, Williams was seen as the logical heir to Tim Cook.—
Nate Bennett,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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The first 13 grantees are expected to be announced in September.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
30 July 2025
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On July 1, the Department of Labor released about $86 million in funds to state recipients, but the national grantees’ funds were not released (something that’s typically done in May), several of the longtime participating nonprofit organizations told CNN.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
29 July 2025
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“Heiress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heiress. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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