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When Miss Froy disappears, and no one but Amanda has any recollection of her, the heiress enlists a photographer (Elliott Gould) to back her up in uncovering the truth behind the missing woman.
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Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
The couple became engaged in January 2018, when Zylka famously gave the heiress a $2 million engagement ring, but broke up 10 months later.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
The girl in question is Caroline Blackwood, a twenty-one-year-old heiress of aristocratic extraction, who would soon become the artist’s wife.
—Negar Azimi, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
While walking the red carpet at the premiere of the Hallmark original movie Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story, the Chiefs heiress, 25, and her mother, 53, tell PEOPLE exclusively that their holiday traditions usually depend on their NFL team's schedule that year.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
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Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
The couple became engaged in January 2018, when Zylka famously gave the heiress a $2 million engagement ring, but broke up 10 months later.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
The girl in question is Caroline Blackwood, a twenty-one-year-old heiress of aristocratic extraction, who would soon become the artist’s wife.
—Negar Azimi, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
While walking the red carpet at the premiere of the Hallmark original movie Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story, the Chiefs heiress, 25, and her mother, 53, tell PEOPLE exclusively that their holiday traditions usually depend on their NFL team's schedule that year.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heiress
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The outgoing president called for national unity but declined to attend his successor’s inauguration.Dan Barry, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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The West Virginia Republican is expected to officially join the Senate later in the month, opting to remain as governor until his successor is sworn in on Jan. 13.Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
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At the end of each tax year, Fidelity will send a 1099-Q to the IRS, and to the participant or beneficiary, reporting any withdrawals.Julie Jason, JD, LLM, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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The beneficiary of a life insurance policy is typically not taxed on the death benefits if they are given in a lump sum.Brian Sloan, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2024
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Particularly after a stellar Summer League showing, the belief in Houston was that Sheppard would become the eventual heir apparent to incumbent starting point guard Fred VanVleet.Rahat Huq, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Was it meant to represent Adrien Stern, Thierry’s elder son and heir apparent?Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 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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And despite declines in all major crime categories in San Francisco, voters there showed their discontent by ousting Mayor London Breed in favor of Daniel Lurie, an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune.Isabelle Taft, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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As part of their report, ATF profiled some of the billionaire heirs and heiresses that are expected to benefit the most from Trump’s new tax plan.Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 30 Dec. 2024
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The monkey-breeding center is a U.S. Public Health Service grantee, through the National Institutes of Health.Kunle Falayi, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
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Some state-level grantees had not tracked what local police and prosecutors did with DNA matches.Jayme Fraser, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Heiress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heiress. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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