as in successor
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In fact, experts say, in the case of an assassination, a president’s successor would decide on any military action.—
Karen Yourish,
New York Times,
6 Feb. 2025 -
The director of loans and pathways Matt Newberry was promoted to director of global talent in November, but loans remain part of his remit while a successor is recruited.—
James Pearce,
The Athletic,
6 Feb. 2025
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Social Security benefits are paid to more than 70 million Americans on a monthly basis, and help form the bedrock of income for many retirees, survivors of deceased claimants and disabled people.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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The Duke — alongside other claimants — won that case and damages of more than $170,000.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2025
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But just who is the man Sandler jokingly identified as heir apparent to the sketch comedy institution?—
EW.com,
EW.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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In the general election of 2016, Trump went after President Barack Obama as a way to challenge heir apparent and Democratic nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton.—
David Jackson,
USA TODAY,
3 Nov. 2024
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Kid Rock's representative did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.—
Janelle Ash,
Fox News,
11 Feb. 2025
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The prosecutors are motivated by a desire to improve wages and working conditions in a notoriously grueling job, union representatives said.—
Madeline Buckley,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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McCaskey, the originally reluctant heir to the NFL franchise that her father, George Halas, founded in 1920, died Thursday.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
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As Ivan, the weed-smoking heir to a Russian fortune, Eydelshteyn certainly has a lot of fun.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2025
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Trump and allies, meanwhile, often cast him as legatee of Reagan.—
David Jackson,
USA TODAY,
8 Sep. 2024
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Humans, as legatees of this heritage, learn by seeing and visualizing.—
Stephen Jay Gould,
Discover Magazine,
11 Nov. 2019
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And in Congress, Democratic lawmakers representing the party’s progressive and centrist wings alike have cast Musk as the chief architect, executor and beneficiary of the new administration, portraying him as an unelected oligarch who is steamrolling the Constitution and stealing from taxpayers.—
Lisa Lerer,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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With nearly 300,000 beneficiaries, Florida is the state with the largest population of TPS holders.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2025
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