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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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
Tuesday’s consumer inflation data for April show he is inheriting one of the most difficult monetary tasks since Paul Volcker took over from G. William Miller in 1979.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
Du, like tens of thousands of other young Chinese factory bosses, is inheriting a basic manufacturing business that can no longer rely on the labour-intensive model that made China the world's largest exporter of goods.
From Reuters ● Jun. 19, 2023
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
