succeeder

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Noun
  • Cherki scored 12 and assisted 20 times for Lyon last season and is seen as the long-term successor to the outgoing Kevin De Bruyne.
    Oli Gamp, New York Times, 20 June 2025
  • The actor rounds out the Buckley clan as Cane, Harlan's would-be successor.
    EW.com, EW.com, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • This week, benefits are set to be paid on June 25 to claimants born between the 21st and 31st of any calendar month.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
  • Idaho law requires that tort claims against any state or local government agency be filed before the claimant can sue for damages.
    Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • Matthews is viewed as Houston’s heir apparent at second base in the wake of Jose Altuve’s switch to left field.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 16 June 2025
  • As any outlet that covers Hollywood machinations knows, angry PR people working for top lieutenants call in a fury not only when their boss slips a rung on an executive power list but also when they are mentioned as a potential heir apparent.
    Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • Weekly analysis and insights from Asia’s largest economy in your inbox Subscribe now On Wednesday, Li urged global business leaders and senior government representatives to collaborate and avoid turning trade into a political or security issue.
    Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 26 June 2025
  • Several dozen people gathered for the ceremony Saturday as the sign was hoisted and attached, including officials from Chicago Ridge and Richards High School, as well as representatives from The Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview, the Bridgeview School and the Nahda Center in Worth.
    Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • The Pole is entering the last year of his contract signed when joining from Bayern Munich in the ‘economic levers’ summer of 2022, and Barca as of yet has no natural heir for him other than winger Ferran Torres or Dani Olmo playing as a false 9.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • That unnamed friend kept the dishes in his private collection until his own death, and his heirs decided to sell the ceramics in seven separate lots.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Trump and allies, meanwhile, often cast him as legatee of Reagan.
    David Jackson, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Humans, as legatees of this heritage, learn by seeing and visualizing.
    Stephen Jay Gould, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Noun
  • Social Security benefits account for 50% or more of the income nearly 42% of all beneficiaries, and 90% or more of the income of nearly 15% of beneficiaries.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
  • Due to the large number of beneficiaries, not all claimants receive their payments on the same day each month.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
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“Succeeder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/succeeder. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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