Thesaurus results for HEIR APPARENT

heir apparent

noun

Definition of heir apparent

as in successor

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Recent Examples of heir apparent Ryan Coogler, especially after the success of Sinners, feels like the most likely heir apparent. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 18 June 2026 There are no elite coaching options on the market right now, but there’s Henderson Silver Knights coach Ryan Craig, who has been treated like the eventual heir apparent for years. — Jesse Granger, New York Times, 15 June 2026 After the disastrous ’24 season, Getz fired White Sox manager Pedro Grifol and hired Rangers bench coach Will Venable, who’d been the heir apparent there to succeed Bruce Bochy. — Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026 Years into the overhaul, Mulally’s then–heir apparent Mark Fields recalled how the CEO had empowered executives to defy Ford’s long-standing culture that buried bad news. — Claire Zillman, Fortune, 12 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for heir apparent

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His successor will be Ukraine’s fifth defense minister since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
Competing visions The nationalists were members of the Constitutional Convention that met in Philadelphia in the Summer of 1787 to draft the successor to the articles, the United States Constitution.

— Donovan Fifield, The Conversation, 16 July 2026

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Now, the claimants may be on the hook to pay the legal costs, which ANL has said climbed to $67 million.

— Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026
On July 7, the Duke of Sussex and a fellow claimant, Baroness Doreen Lawrence, issued a scathing statement following a judge’s dismissal of their case against the Daily Mail’s publisher, Associated Newspapers Limited, which was filed in 2022.

— Hannah Malach, InStyle, 7 July 2026

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Hopkinson and chief financial officer Simon Capper visited Nyon, Switzerland, on multiple occasions, while the CEO also spoke to governing-body representatives in Budapest before the Champions League final in May.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 18 July 2026
Waymo’s support team is automatically notified if the vehicle crashes, and a roadside assistance representative will come to the collision site to assess the situation in person.

— Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026

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heir at law

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