Thesaurus results for HEIR APPARENT

heir apparent

noun

Definition of heir apparent

as in successor

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Recent Examples of heir apparent Within the South Korean intelligence community, Kim Ju Ae, who has been a constant figure by her father's side in public in recent years, has been labeled the likely heir apparent. — Anna Coren, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 Ryan Trecartin is the manic heir apparent to this trash-culture bloodline, updating it for a hyperperformative age. — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 But everyone freely calls Gerrit Kazmaier Bhusri’s heir apparent. — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026 The trustees feared that if something happened to him, his heir apparent, Robert Kahn, would replace him, and it was known that Kahn had Zionistic inclinations. — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for heir apparent

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Then, in 1976, Georgia’s Jimmy Carter defeated Gerald Ford, the Midwestern successor — alert Jon Ossoff and JD Vance!

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 10 Nov. 2026
His successor, Ali Nasir Muhammad, instituted a far less dogmatic political and economic order.

— Manfred W. Wenner All, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Nov. 2026

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Woodward had represented several would-be claimants to the fund, a fact that prompted a federal judge in Florida to rebuke him in a scathing court ruling.

— Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
The timetable sets out when 3M must fund the settlement, but does not specify when individual claimants will receive their money.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of claimant

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Michael’s only daughter says she has been forced to spend her own resources to ask the court to order a partial distribution of $600 million to the heirs’ family trust as the beneficiary of Jackson’s estate.

— Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2026
Ruiz-Picasso’s complaint was made on behalf of nine heirs to the artist.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of heir

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On Wednesday evening, representatives for Ford Racing told The Times that Muniz had been released from the hospital.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026
Drones bring battlefield medicine Wang Jianqi, a representative of Air Force Medical University, described the system in a report on Wednesday.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026

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