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In the past decade or so, both Kusaba and Kojima have seen at least one factory quietly close every year as ageing owners die, fall ill or shut down their heirless businesses.

From Reuters • Aug. 21, 2022

They urged the heirless Snyder to decide what pieces should go where upon his death.

From Washington Times • Mar. 14, 2015

When he died, he left his queens devastated and his kingdom heirless.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2013

You know, dinner parties, table placements, debutants, an heirless toff in search of a second wife, an educated and pretty but penniless young woman holding out for true love ...

From The Guardian • Dec. 16, 2012

You have made me childless, but you and yours shall be heirless for ever.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 279, October 20, 1827 by Various