coheiresses

variants or co-heiresses
plural of coheiress

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Noun
  • But Holland also commuted death sentences to life in prison, as did seven of his successors.
    — Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Formally, the control of the Earth’s timescale is in the hands of the professional geologists—that is, the successors of Charles Lyell.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Luria singled out hyperscalers Amazon and Alphabet along with chipmaker Broadcom as key beneficiaries of Anthropic's IPO.
    — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The Bancroft family controlled 64% of Dow Jones’ vote with less than 25% of its equity, but its Class B shares sat in a series of trusts whose roughly 35 beneficiaries didn’t have to vote together.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026
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“Coheiresses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coheiresses. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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