president-elect
noun
: a person who has been elected president but who has not officially become president yet
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Trump has attended the Super Bowl, the Daytona 500, multiple UFC events, a LIV Golf tournament, the FIFA Club World Cup final, the US Open men’s tennis final, and a Yankees-Detroit Tigers baseball game in 2025 and attended the Army-Navy football game in December 2024 as president-elect.
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Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Most of Tesla’s 12-month gain came in 2024, when the stock more than doubled between September and its peak on December 17, driven by investor euphoria over Musk’s relationship with then president-elect Trump.
—John Hyatt, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
As one of the Democratic Party’s most loyal donors — and a close friend of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — the 51-year-old sports impresario could reasonably expect a frosty reception from a president-elect who’d promised revenge on his political foes.
—Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2025
The public records request released Tuesday, which was filed by the Western Watersheds Project, contained a series of emails between Pack, president-elect of the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association Tom Paterson, and Catron County Commissioner Audrey McQueen.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 14 Aug. 2025
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Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Most of Tesla’s 12-month gain came in 2024, when the stock more than doubled between September and its peak on December 17, driven by investor euphoria over Musk’s relationship with then president-elect Trump.
—John Hyatt, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
As one of the Democratic Party’s most loyal donors — and a close friend of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — the 51-year-old sports impresario could reasonably expect a frosty reception from a president-elect who’d promised revenge on his political foes.
—Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2025
The public records request released Tuesday, which was filed by the Western Watersheds Project, contained a series of emails between Pack, president-elect of the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association Tom Paterson, and Catron County Commissioner Audrey McQueen.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 14 Aug. 2025
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“President-elect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/president-elect. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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