president-elect

noun

: a person who has been elected president but who has not officially become president yet

Examples of president-elect in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Her victory over leftist challenger Roberto Sánchez marks her fourth presidential bid and makes her Peru’s first female president-elect. — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026

Colombian hard-right president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella on Friday named a former lawmaker whose father was killed by infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar as his future interior minister. — CBS News, 29 June 2026

Staff for Democratic Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs, the president-elect, responded positively March 30. — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 28 June 2026

But anecdotally, the lion's share of male-to-male romance readers appear to be straight women, according to Jennifer Bokal, president-elect of the Romance Writers of America trade group. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 27 June 2026

Rhymes for president-elect

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