reigning
Example Sentences
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The Dodgers are the reigning back-to-back champions and are aiming to become the first National League team to win three World Series in a row.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
The reigning Olympic and world champion has not lost a match since March and added the Aichi-Nagoya crown to her Games title from China three years ago.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
The U.S. won the Paris Olympics tournament, the last major international event for women, but Spain, the reigning World Cup champion, is ranked No. 1 in the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
This time, they went with the man who can call himself the reigning Super Bowl MVP.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
She, after all, is the reigning head of the family.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
