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Recent Examples of heiress
Ivy Getty The heiress and artist embraced a flapper-style look with a sheer black lace dress adorned with a Black Dahlia pattern and a hemline of black fringe.
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Maggie Clancy, WWD, 18 Oct. 2024
Piramal is a billionaire heiress and director of Reliance Retail, India’s largest retailer.
—Shreejaya Nair, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2024
The property was purchased from Dos Hermanas Real Estate, which oil was owned by oil heiress Jean Christine Thompson and previously used as a seasonal property.
—Amanda Lauren, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
She was born in Santa Monica, Calif., on Nov. 23, 1959, to Ellen, a ranching heiress, and Dominick, a writer, actor and producer in Hollywood.
—Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2024
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Maggie Clancy, WWD, 18 Oct. 2024
Piramal is a billionaire heiress and director of Reliance Retail, India’s largest retailer.
—Shreejaya Nair, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2024
The property was purchased from Dos Hermanas Real Estate, which oil was owned by oil heiress Jean Christine Thompson and previously used as a seasonal property.
—Amanda Lauren, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
She was born in Santa Monica, Calif., on Nov. 23, 1959, to Ellen, a ranching heiress, and Dominick, a writer, actor and producer in Hollywood.
—Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heiress
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The meeting between the outgoing president and his successor is an awkward post-election ritual that could be even more disconcerting than usual because of the animosity between the two men.Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
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The appointment of Easterly’s successor will be a critical decision for the Trump administration.Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Is there any greater comfort than being the beneficiary of such friendship?Walt Shelton, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Instead, expect to see one country as a major beneficiary of Trump’s policies: Vietnam.Cyrus Farivar, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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The son of real estate developer Fred Trump, Donald graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and soon became his father’s heir apparent and the president of the family business.Radhika Seth, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
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With fewer than ninety days until the election, the point of the anecdote was supposed to be about Harris—his heir apparent and handpicked successor.Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 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.al, al, 22 June 2023
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According to Los Angeles Daily News, Brunner was legally removed from a list of potential heirs for Manson's estate in 2018 because he was adopted.Jessica Sager, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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The Bene Gesserit are no doubt banking on that future heir to be favorably malleable.Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
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Among its grantees are Just Stop Oil, which threw the tomato soup and glued the Vermeer; Last Generation, which splattered the mashed potatoes on the Monet; Zepeda’s group, Declare Emergency; and the Social Change Lab, which conducts research on activism.Michelle Weber, Longreads, 13 Nov. 2024
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In 2023, the Rhode Islanders gave $4 million in grants to 9 new grantees and 25 renewals.Vitas Carosella, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Heiress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heiress. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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