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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heirs apparent
Noun
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But Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, unlike its successors in the soap world, would not cower in the face of such agitation, and was all the better for it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026 -
Yet these narrower successors still impose new compliance burdens beyond those imposed by existing civil rights and consumer protection law.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
15 May 2026
Noun
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The commission will have the authority to issue both monetary awards and formal apologies to claimants.—
Nandika Chatterjee,
Time,
18 May 2026
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More than $1 million has reportedly been paid to rancher claimants for wildlife depredation.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Jonathan Andic is the eldest of Isak Andic's three children and one of his father's heirs.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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Although Gold’s deal with Amazon MGM has just been officially signed, she’s been keeping an eye out for potential heirs to Daniel Craig for quite a while.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
16 May 2026
Noun
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Blossfeldt and Sander, along with Albert Renger-Patzsch, were the leading photographic representatives of the loose movement baptized, in 1925, as the New Objectivity.—
Max Norman,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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The company is working closely with federal, state, and local representatives.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
20 May 2026
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“Heirs apparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heirs%20apparent. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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