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01. He [inherited] the family farm when his grandfather passed away.
02. Did you [inherit] this old china cabinet from your grandparents?
03. He lost his entire [inheritance] gambling on the stock market.
04. Peter [inherited] 5 million dollars from his uncle, who was incredibly rich.
05. When my [inheritance] comes, I will hire a private chef, and never cook again.
06. She has [inherited] her mother's good looks.
07. After her grandfather died, she [inherited] his company.
08. He's never worked in his life, but he is rich simply because he received a large [inheritance] from his auntie.
09. Prince Charles is the [heir] to the British throne.
10. Doris Day once said that wrinkles are [hereditary]. Parents get them from their children.
11. Dick Cavett once joked that sex is [hereditary]; if your parents never had it, chances are you won't either.
12. Culture is learned; it is not biologically [inherited].
13. There is a Kenyan proverb that states that we have not [inherited] this land from our ancestors; rather we have borrowed it from our children.
14. [Heredity] plays a big role in your body shape, and what you weigh.
15. The [heiress] to the L'Oreal cosmetics company is the richest woman in the world.
16. From the ancient Greeks we have [inherited] the notion of education as worth pursuing for its own sake.
17. Lisa Marie Presley [inherited] 130 million dollars from her father Elvis Presley, after his death.
18. Islamic law holds that a woman receives half the amount of [inheritance] that a man receives.
19. Isadora Duncan once said that the finest [inheritance] you can give to a child is to allow it to make its own way, completely on its own feet.
20. Women in Kazakhstan are not entitled to any [inheritance] from a family member.
21. [Inheritance] provides the constancy of form and variation in detail that are characteristic of all living things.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • inherit — in·her·it /in her it/ vb [Middle French enheriter to make one an heir, from Late Latin inhereditare, from Latin in in + hereditas inheritance] vt 1: to receive (property) from an estate by operation of the laws of intestacy; broadly: to receive… …   Law dictionary

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  • Inherit — In*her it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inherited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inheriting}.] [OE. enheriten to inherit, to give a heritage to, OF. enheriter to appoint as an heir, L. inhereditare; pref. in in + hereditare to inherit, fr. heres heir. See {Heir}.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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