survivorship
Americannoun
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the state of being a survivor.
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Law. a right of a person to property on the death of another having a joint interest: in the case of more than two joint tenants, the property passes to successive survivors.
Etymology
Origin of survivorship
Example Sentences
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The researchers propose that rising NDRG1 levels reflect what they call a "cellular survivorship bias."
From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026
The most practical solution: Community property with right of survivorship or, as a halfway point, a clearly drafted life-estate agreement, ideally memorialized in a postnuptial agreement to fend off any disgruntled stepchildren.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026
Even if one Social Security benefit goes away after death, people with survivorship pensions and required minimum distributions on other retirement accounts can find themselves in a higher tax bracket, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026
Tenants in common do not have the right of survivorship.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 6, 2025
If they must be cut off, let me be cut off with them—let not the land of promise be mine by survivorship.
From Sermons on Various Important Subjects by Lee, Andrew
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