as in successor
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Noun
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His successor, Maresca, has certainly not won all of the fanbase over, even though a win at Nottingham Forest next week should secure a top-five finish and Champions League football for the first time in three years.—
Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
17 May 2025 -
Now, in an act of serendipity, the successors of both spots, Patsy’s Pizzeria in East Harlem and Juliana’s Pizza in Brooklyn, have delivered their first out-of-state restaurants to Palm Beach County to compete — like all New York-style pizzerias do — against each other.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
17 May 2025
Noun
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The claimant sought to pierce the trust to reach assets held in limited liability companies and the Court refused.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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But given that there are several types of benefits going out to 70 million payees, not every claimant receives their money at the same time.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
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Like Conerly, Simmons could challenge Moore for the left tackle spot and be the heir apparent at the position.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Apr. 2025
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Lorenzo Bertelli, one of Mr. Bertelli and Mrs. Prada’s two sons, is chief marketing officer and considered the heir apparent to the company, which was founded in 1913 by Mrs. Prada’s grandfather.—
Vanessa Friedman,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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German diplomatic representatives wanted to send the boxes back to the German embassy in Tokyo.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 May 2025
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One often overlooked part of that experience is how representatives sound.—
Michael Shooster,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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Mu-jin, who stands to lose everything if Hong-rang is reinstated as guild heir, teams up with his adoptive younger sister Jae-yi to prove Lee’s character is not the Hong-rang.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
16 May 2025
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The original 1916 trophy is named after department store heir Rodman Wanamaker who was instrumental in the creation of the PGA of America.—
Patrick Snell,
CNN Money,
15 May 2025
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Trump and allies, meanwhile, often cast him as legatee of Reagan.—
David Jackson,
USA TODAY,
8 Sep. 2024
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Humans, as legatees of this heritage, learn by seeing and visualizing.—
Stephen Jay Gould,
Discover Magazine,
11 Nov. 2019
Noun
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Industries such as technology, finance, and academia remain some of the largest beneficiaries of the H-1B visa program.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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Citi reiterates Advanced Micro Devices as neutral and Micron as buy Citi said both stocks are beneficiaries of deals announced in Saudi Arabia earlier this week.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
15 May 2025
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“Succeeder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/succeeder. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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