How to Use successor in a Sentence

successor

noun
  • The CEO's successor used to be the vice president here.
  • And then there’s the question of who is the likely successor.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 30 June 2022
  • His successor, Ted Pick, might have to come up with some new ideas for a new era.
    — Telis Demos, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2023
  • One dilemma is what to name the Blue House’s successor.
    — Hakyung Kim, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The successor to the leadership role is Abu al-Husayn al-Husayni al-Qurayshi.
    — Jared Malsin, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2022
  • In the meantime, the ship's successor, the Queen Mary 2, is still in active service with the Cunard line.
    — Lilit Marcus, CNN, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The story kicks off when the king is killed and a tournament of sorts is put in place to find his successor.
    — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Look for Newsom and his successor after the 2026 election to do the same.
    — Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The Homestead Act of 1862, along with its successors, gridded up and gave away an area the size of Pakistan.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Francis is the 266th successor from the very first pope, Saint Peter.
    — Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
  • The board of directors will work with Hilton to find Byrd’s successor.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2024
  • The issue is that there is no likely successor to Wayne at No. 2.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 3 Aug. 2022
  • And on Tuesday, Duque’s successor was on his way to Caracas to meet him for lunch.
    — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Twitter’s true successor will be a refuge for an idea past its prime.
    — Katherine Alejandra Cross, WIRED, 13 July 2023
  • On one hand, many folks expressed their desire for Ken to be named the show’s successor.
    — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 26 July 2022
  • Qin’s successor, Wang, appears to be a safe pair of hands after the backroom drama of the past month.
    — David Pierson, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
  • In fact, this will probably be what crowns the app’s successor.
    — Ryan Bort, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
  • What does the future look like for Henri or its successor?
    — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Saban’s successor will need a hard edge to deal with the scrutiny.
    — Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Burberry on Friday said a search is under way for the successor of Ms. Brown.
    — Jennifer Williams-Alvarez and Mark Maurer, WSJ, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Now, the beat ‘em up kings are back with an all-new game that serves as a spiritual successor to Streets of Rage 4 and much more.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Zong is survived by his wife and his daughter, Zong Fuli, who has long been groomed as his successor.
    — Nectar Gan, CNN, 26 Feb. 2024
  • ByteDance launched the music streamer a little over a year ago as a successor to a service called Resso.
    — Byandrew Nusca, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Her successor, Katy Clark, stepped down in 2021 after five years.
    — Robin Pogrebin, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The palace was built by the emperor Tiberius and was much beloved by his infamous successor, Nero.
    — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The Webb Telescope is considered to be the successor to the Hubble space telescope.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Keep in mind that Google is expected to announce a successor, the Pixel 7A, in May.
    — WIRED, 30 Mar. 2023
  • In 2004 he was named the successor to noted chef Roger Vergé at Moulin de Mougins.
    — Benjamin Liong Setiawan, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2022
  • Wyman’s successor’s name was also stripped from the campus last year.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Just Bitcoin would probably be the best option — simplest, and clear story as successor to gold 2.
    — Rob Wile, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2025

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