second-in-command
noun
: someone who is ranked second in a group or organization
the police chief's second-in-command
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Vance also gives Trump someone who’d likely be a loyal second-in-command if the Trump-Vance ticket wins.
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Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 15 July 2024
Kamala could have the expertise of Biden as her second-in-command and Joe would still have access to the highest levels of our government.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 July 2024
The inclusion of Harris, the first South Asian, Black and female second-in-command, is an example of the fact that women who challenge barriers are expected to solve all gender inequities, Cutraro said.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 28 May 2024
Dončić’s second-in-command is Kyrie Irving, famous outside of basketball circles for his resolute aversion, two seasons ago, to getting the COVID vaccine—and for sharing on social media, not long afterward, an antisemitic documentary.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
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Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 15 July 2024
Kamala could have the expertise of Biden as her second-in-command and Joe would still have access to the highest levels of our government.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 July 2024
The inclusion of Harris, the first South Asian, Black and female second-in-command, is an example of the fact that women who challenge barriers are expected to solve all gender inequities, Cutraro said.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 28 May 2024
Dončić’s second-in-command is Kyrie Irving, famous outside of basketball circles for his resolute aversion, two seasons ago, to getting the COVID vaccine—and for sharing on social media, not long afterward, an antisemitic documentary.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
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