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Recent Examples of heir apparent
Jensen is likely the heir apparent to Perez behind the plate.
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Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heir apparent
Noun
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Steele -- who has represented the North Little Rock area for more than two decades in different capacities, including in the Arkansas House, Senate and as a school board member -- endorsed Dokes to be his successor.—
Ella McCarthy,
Arkansas Online,
17 Oct. 2025
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And while Wall Street and Silicon Valley have been piling into AI stocks despite warnings of a bubble, Buffett and his successor, Greg Abel, have been looking further afield for investment inspiration.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Disingenuous advertising can lure in claimants with questionable or exaggerated claims, flooding the courts with frivolous cases.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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The Detroit Free Press put together a list of questions and answers that might help claimants to understand what their case status is and what to do next.—
Adrienne Roberts,
Freep.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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In that sense, the Trans Am Super Duty is a worthy heir.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
15 Oct. 2025
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That can force heirs to quickly pay off the loan, refinance or sell the house.—
Kelsey Neubauer,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2025
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Did the crisis highlight the Kafkaesque absurdity of Cold War politics by sparking an international circle-jerk between various representatives from South Korea, North Korea, Japan, America, and the Soviet Union?—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
15 Oct. 2025
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While the center is expected to be operational in the coming days, Egypt, Turkey and Qatar have yet to decide whether their representatives will be based there.—
Jennifer Griffin , Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Heir apparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heir%20apparent. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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