heirs apparent

noun

plural of heir apparent
as in successors

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  1. successors
  2. claimants
  3. heirs
  4. representatives
Noun
  • The Giants have 2025 fifth-round pick Marcus Mbow and 2026 sixth-round pick JC Davis developing as potential successors to Eluemunor.
    — Dan Duggan, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The public museum celebrates 19th-century jeweler and glassmaker René Lalique and his successors.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of successors
Noun
  • Only about a third resulted in discretionary payments, totaling less than 4% of what claimants had sought.
    — Michelle Gumede, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • In 2000, when a small tanker carrying no liability insurance and no class certificate sank off Abu Dhabi, the Funds paid claimants in the United Arab Emirates anyway.
    — Charles Edward Gehrke, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of claimants
Noun
  • Consider establishing a trust or LLC to hold the property for multiple heirs.
    — Mirtha Donastorg, AJC.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • And when wealth falls into their laps, these billionaire heirs are expected to shake things up.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of heirs
Noun
  • The Washington Examiner contacted representatives from the DOJ and the FBI.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The company officially opened the new Austin Innovation Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by Silicon Labs senior leaders and employees, as well as representatives from the State of Texas.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of representatives
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