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How to use the word inherit in a Sentence?

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The Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability will not only harness the intellectual horsepower of our students, faculty, and staff across our campus, but also partner with external organizations around the world to co-develop innovative solutions and identify new insights through research and education, as is often said, we do not inherit Stanford Earth from our ancestors, we borrow Stanford Earth from our children. We must create a future in which humans and nature thrive together.

Arun Majumdar

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He that troubleth his own household shall inherit the wind ..... etc.

bible

added by balsamcalvin
2 years ago

Young people are going to inherit this place so let them be heard early on, i happen to think that the states are the most important foundation of our union.

Rick Perry

Found on CNN
2 years ago

One has to Journey within the boundaries of paradise fading into a world of unconsciousness only if you’re thirsting to inherit this empirical knowledge not too greater and not too lesser, -MillYentei

Deshawn Yeldell

added by MillYentei.L.D.Y
3 years ago

Socialism is the phantastic younger brother of despotism, which it wants to inherit. Socialism wants to have the fullness of state force which before only existed in despotism. ... However, it goes further than anything in the past because it aims at the formal destruction of the individual ... who ... can be used to improve communities by an expedient organ of government.

Friedrich Nietzsche

added by Normando
3 years ago

The world that our children will inherit is going to look substantially different, very quickly, than the world we have today. It's alarming.

Stefanie Powers

added by RobertHaigh
3 years ago

Currently, everyone is into a self-quarantine situation, where it is advised to stay within your homes. Hence you might have noticed that during this time no matter how much you believe in keeping patience and endurance within yourself, but there might have been one moment where you would have forgotten to keep patience!! And this is exactly what we are talking about! That you might plan, prepare and practice yourself to keep patience so as to tackle any vicious situation more carefully; but you often forget to keep patience in such circumstances. And therefore, it becomes essential to realise that one needs to inherit this skill of keeping patience during difficult times or crisis.

Prashant Agarwal

added by prashantagarwal
3 years ago

They don't care about the money and when you say, you know, Mike didn't inherit it, he earned it, (that's a) big plus.

Elizabeth Warren

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I'm now the nominee of the Democratic Party. I inherit nothing from the Democratic Party, it was bankrupt, it was on the verge of insolvency, its data was mediocre to poor, non-existent, wrong. I had to inject money into it -- The Republican committee -- to keep it going.

Hillary Clinton

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Children are the future, the planet is also here for children to inherit, so it's those of a very young age which we can teach ... to tell them that everyone is responsible for preserving the planet for the future.

Alexandre Dalloni

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It is important to have him realize that he is in a position to inherit the throne when interacting with people, and to keep them in mind, from an early age.

Hidehiko Kasahara

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I am glad they're doing that because they're the ones that are going to inherit the planet, we're in a very difficult situation at the moment, especially in the U.S. where all the environmental controls that were put in place, that perhaps were just about adequate say for the last 10 years, are being rolled back by the current administration, so much that they will be wiped out.

Mick Jagger

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I... pushed for article 53 of the constitution that protects Ken Okoth son. Once the DNA confirms that Ken Okoth son is Ken Okoth son, Ken Okoth son will be entitled under the succession law to inherit from Ken's estate. Ken Okoth son is protected. Ken Okoth son is covered.

Millie Odhiambo

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Right now, the lifestyle we have is really good, better than it could have been with fishing, the job is established and steady, so I think my sons will want to inherit. They'll make a good living.

Masato Hasegawa

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Here’s the thing: this planet’s not a place that kids will inherit at some point, far off in the distant future. We live here right now, and we share this planet already.”

Milo Cress

added by anonymous
5 years ago

The game will inherit the realist style of the HBO show, and players will be able to control various classic characters from the original novel to battle in Westeros.

Tencent Games

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

For women, there are fewer women partners than male partners at these law firms, so fewer mentorship opportunities for people who are like them, women will also tell you, notwithstanding the strides I think have been made in society, there is still a sense that the old boy's club can still be hard to crack. If you're not part of it, you're missing out on the opportunity to inherit clients that a male partner might be able to.

Jeffrey Lowe

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Just as all new, successful technologies are taken for granted by each generation that has never lived without them, the technologies' existence will be part of the fabric and foundation for that generation, they will either develop and refine or reject the technologies they inherit.

Jonathan Collins

Found on CNN
5 years ago

As the most populous country on Earth, China has much to do with the kind of world the next generation will inherit, in our country and around the world, we’re proud of our work, in China and elsewhere, helping to create a more sustainable future for everyone, and we look forward to discussing that work with Chairman Bishop and the committee.

Bob Deans

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

As the most populous country on Earth, China has much to do with the kind of world the next generation will inherit, in our country and around the world, we look forward to discussing that work with Chairman Bishop and the committee.

Bob Deans

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The new president will have to create a new political consensus, he won't inherit one, within two or three months, people will be asking why their lives haven't improved.

Rafael Hernandez

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

It's going to take a village to find genes for PTSD risk if in fact they exist, the risk for PTSD is more nuanced than the genes you inherit from your parents.

Rachel Yehuda

Found on CNN
7 years ago

That iconic revolutionary figure is gone, while the appeal of this type of leader may not be gone, there is no one to inherit Castro’s mantle.

Christopher Sabatini

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

This next president is going to inherit the most sophisticated and persistent cyber espionage cultures the world has ever seen, He needs to surround himself with experts that can expedite the allocation of potent layers of next generation defenses around our targeted critical infrastructure silos.

James Scott

added by issacnash
7 years ago

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