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Recent Examples of heir apparent
This time Todd, who has been heralded as the heir apparent to Ralph Lauren, set his sights on Havana and the rakish style of 1980’s Miami.
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Blue Carreon, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Cameron formerly served as McConnell's legal counsel and had been assumed by pundits to follow the longtime senator's footsteps as his potential heir apparent.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
The president later named Vice President JD Vance his likely heir apparent while also proposing Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio team up for a future Republican ticket.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2025
Those found guilty of criticizing, insulting, defaming or threatening the king, queen, or heir apparent can be jailed for between three and 15 years for each count, with some sentences stretching to 50 years.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
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Blue Carreon, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Cameron formerly served as McConnell's legal counsel and had been assumed by pundits to follow the longtime senator's footsteps as his potential heir apparent.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
The president later named Vice President JD Vance his likely heir apparent while also proposing Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio team up for a future Republican ticket.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2025
Those found guilty of criticizing, insulting, defaming or threatening the king, queen, or heir apparent can be jailed for between three and 15 years for each count, with some sentences stretching to 50 years.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heir apparent
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When Payzant left San Diego Unified in 1993 to become an assistant secretary in the fledgling Clinton administration’s Department of Education, the school board bypassed a national search and quickly appointed Pendleton his successor.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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Sixth Street is the team’s control owner, and Wolff will serve as interim president until a permanent successor is found.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Profiling For Smarter Campaigns Building a profile of the likely claimant is where analytics begins to deliver value.—
Arnold Sotelo,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Getty Images Eligible claimants who used Facebook during the 15-year period and filed a claim by August 25, 2023 will be notified via email several days before their payment is issued.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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The outlet reported that footage of the heir to the Norwegian throne was originally featured in the documentary despite the royal family's request that they not be filmed at the August 2024 wedding of Princess Märtha Louise to Durek Verrett.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
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Shunsuke is the heir to the House of Tanban-ya to which Hanjiro belongs.—
Ryan Swen,
Variety,
23 Sep. 2025
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On Wednesday, the group welcomed a training class of Chase The Vote representatives, who will fan out into communities to register voters and drive turnout.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Sep. 2025
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Fox News Digital has also reached out to representatives for Branum for comment.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Heir apparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heir%20apparent. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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