as in replacement
a person who has a job, position, or title after someone else; someone who succeeds another person
The CEO's successor used to be the vice president here. the successor to the throne
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Recent Examples of successor
The most prominent example is Marshall’s successor on the Supreme Court, Justice Clarence Thomas.
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Justin Driver, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2025
Thus one of Busby’s successors, Frank O’Farrell, had his first ‘home’ game staged at Anfield.
—Michael Walker, The Athletic, 15 Mar. 2025
Trudeau’s successor, Mark Carney, is due to be sworn in on Friday.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025
Too often, successors cling to legacy out of fear—fear of too much change, fear of alienating loyalists, fear of losing what made a brand iconic in the first place.
—Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
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Justin Driver, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2025
Thus one of Busby’s successors, Frank O’Farrell, had his first ‘home’ game staged at Anfield.
—Michael Walker, The Athletic, 15 Mar. 2025
Trudeau’s successor, Mark Carney, is due to be sworn in on Friday.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025
Too often, successors cling to legacy out of fear—fear of too much change, fear of alienating loyalists, fear of losing what made a brand iconic in the first place.
—Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for successor
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Supply chain bottlenecks and shortages of critical components—such as semiconductors and specialized machinery—have further driven up prices, highlighting the substantial gap between current book values and genuine replacement or reproduction costs.—
Mark Le Dain,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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The team also needs a replacement for Davante Adams at receiver to help out new quarterback Justin Fields, so Hunter could fill two significant needs in one.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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Also in the power hallway is Beau Harrison, deputy chief of staff for operations.—
Jennifer Jacobs,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2025
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During that period, his brother was hired into what appears to have been his first federal job—deputy director of the Office of Secretarial Boards and Councils at the Department of Energy.—
David W. Brown,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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Each agent, from autonomous drones delivering packages to personal AI assistants managing healthcare schedules, informs and learns from the collective ecosystem.—
Cathy Hackl,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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In November 2023 riots broke out in Dublin when an Algerian national was arrested after allegedly stabbing and injuring three young children and a care assistant.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
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The group’s legal representatives pointed to some instances in an email to TIME.—
Chad de Guzman,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
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This year, the party has spent nearly $152,000 backing a slate of Calumet City candidates led by Mayor Thaddeus Jones, who also is a state representative.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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Immigration agents detained Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral fellow who teaches at Georgetown and has a visa, outside his home in Arlington, Virginia, on Monday night, his attorney has said.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC News,
21 Mar. 2025
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Three days later, his immigration attorney was able to reach an ICE official who confirmed that his client was in a prison in another country.—
Brian Bennett,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
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Boateng played 48 minutes on March 1 and logged 28 minutes as a substitute in last week’s 3-1 win over Real Salt Lake.—
Ryan Finley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
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There was one game at Newcastle when a new player was sent on as a substitute and promptly lost the opponent he was meant to be marking at a set piece.—
George Caulkin,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
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Here, traffic optimization isn’t just a single system’s job; fleets of autonomous vehicles, interconnected traffic lights, and predictive analytics engines work as coordinated agents, dynamically rerouting vehicles and minimizing congestion.—
Cathy Hackl,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Family Photo That all changed on the evening of March 8, when federal agents arrived at their door.—
Erin Moriarty,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2025
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Riyadh will serve as a stand-in for multiple international cities, including Mumbai and Shanghai.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2025
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Viewers instantly fell in love with Tuna and his determination to stay with his stand-in mother.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Successor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/successor. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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