successor
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New members of the upper chamber will remain there through the first term of the president’s successor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
His successor, Harry Truman, made it a permanent federal facility and then, after he took office in 1953, Dwight Eisenhower renamed it Camp David in honor of his young grandson.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026
When Pocognoli took over as Steve Clarke's successor in August, the Belgian was clear he would try to take Scotland in a new direction.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Hastert served in the House from 1987 until 2007 and became speaker after the turbulent departure of fellow Republican Newt Gingrich and the withdrawal of Gingrich's intended successor, Bob Livingston.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
Meanwhile the tireless Rutherford, now back at Cambridge as J. J. Thomson’s successor as head of the Cavendish Laboratory, came up with a model that explained why the nuclei didn’t blow up.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Mr. Huang points out that the most authoritarian Chinese leaders, including Mao Zedong and Mr. Xi, have a far worse economic record than the relatively liberal Deng and his immediate successors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
That way, the Kane conundrum is likely to be passed on to one of his successors.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
This ongoing Lorne Watch, with predictions of his retirement and potential successors, began around Season 40 and continues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
The iPhone 17 and 17 Air will continue to be on sale until their successors are released in early 2027.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026
As his successors discovered that the Americas were not part of Asia, Indians became a dire anthropogonical problem.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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