real heir
Frequency: 6.06.5 per million words
the genuine successor, as opposed to a pretender
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- After the impostor was exposed, the kingdom finally welcomed its real heir.
- The DNA test proved that she was the real heir to the family fortune.
- Many consider her the real heir to the revolutionary artistic style of her mentor.
- After years of conflicting claims, the question remains: who is the real heir?
- The old documents revealed that the stable boy was, in fact, the real heir to the estate.
- Although another claimed the title, historical evidence suggests he was the real heir.
- The court had to distinguish the pretender from the real heir.
- They believed they were the real heirs to their grandfather's intellectual legacy.
- It might take decades to determine who the real heir of the vast corporation is.
- His actions and principles, not his bloodline, marked him as the real heir to the company's founding vision.