successors

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Historically, five Fed chairs continued serving when successors hadn’t been confirmed, but a 1978 legal dispute arose over presidential authority.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

How will this government and its successors, and society at large, confront the choices a more muscular defence posture will demand?

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

With the understanding that nothing dispels an air of mystery like a hashtag, a number of modern speakeasy successors have clamped down on social-media posts or even phone use altogether.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

But Bass and every council member and all their successors need to be reminded that a civic sense of intractability is a dangerous thing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

Jon Connington might have been one of those successors if his exile had gone otherwise.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin