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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All of these assets are jointly held with rights of survivorship.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
The team also included delisted stocks to avoid a common issue in backtesting known as survivorship bias, where performance is overstated by including only stocks that are currently active.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
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
The papers to which I allude, in case of survivorship, are collections of letters, &c. since I was sixteen years old, contained in the trunks in the care of Mr. Hobhouse.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas
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