successors

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This outlook suggests that, like Powell, the new Fed chairman, Kevin Warsh, and his successors will face unprecedented external shocks.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Taxpayers and her successors will have to deal with the resulting higher energy costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

No wonder Warren Buffett wrote in a 2007 letter to shareholders that a “farsighted capitalist” at Kitty Hawk would have done successors a favor by “shooting Orville down.”

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Fred Kaynor, a managing director at Schwab’s charitable arm, now called DAFgiving360, says its account holders can name up to 10 successors, and successors can name successors.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

His successors strengthened the resulting embryonic Zulu state by expanding its judicial system, policing, and ceremonies.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond