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Example sentences for: heir

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Trend we'd like to see nipped in the bud right now: The Star 's anointing of Caroline Schlossberg's 6-year-old son as the heir apparent to the Kennedy mantle, noting the boy's "charming personality and ease with strangers" as well as his "uncanny resemblance" to his uncle.
The biggest name casualty was long-time Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, widely viewed as Yeltsin's heir apparent.
•27Nephew and heir of Julius Caesar, Octavius (Caesar Augustus), founds the Roman Empire and embarks on 200 years of peace and prosperity
Tutankhamun died in mysterious circumstances without an heir.
Teyler, having no heir, bequeathed his fortune to the advancement of the arts and sciences, and there is an interesting collection of scientific instruments among other artifacts.