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presumptive heir

noun as in heir presumptive

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JD Vance, the presumptive heir to the throne is laying low, while Elon “Husky Musky” Musk is out front, whipping supporters into a continued angry frenzy while those celebrating Trump’s brand of populism are crashing hard into the wall of reality.

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You'll recall that back in 2015, McCarthy was the presumptive heir to Speaker John Boehner — who was essentially forced out by the right-wing fringe — but shot off his mouth in spectacularly dumb fashion, earning the ire of the House Freedom Caucus.

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King Viserys Targaryen’s younger brother and presumptive heir — or so he believes.

Historians determined that the shield once belonged to Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the presumptive heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire, whose assassination by a Serbian nationalist in 1914 set off World War I.

His third wife bore a son, Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti, who is believed to live near the king in Germany and is the presumptive heir to the throne.

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