inherit
verb (used with object)
to take or receive (property, a right, a title, etc.) by succession or will, as an heir.
is inheriting
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present progressiveof inherit (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Those dueling benedictions point to the challenge ahead for Warsh, who is inheriting a burgeoning inflation problem that could make it difficult to persuade his new colleagues that the low rates Trump wants are advisable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Warsh’s first rate-setting meeting as chair likely won’t be until late June, and the committee he is inheriting is already moving against him.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
What is also real is the weight of what he is inheriting.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
But Lula today is inheriting massive economic and political challenges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
Does he remember all the little difficulties of his school days, when he is inheriting the fruits of them?
From Godliness : being reports of a series of addresses delivered at James's Hall, London, W. during 1881 by Catherine Mumford Booth
