as in successor
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And the announcement has spurred whispers about a possible successor.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2025 -
Live updates: World mourns Pope Francis, a humble reformer who favored 'the poorest' Pope Francis left behind a rich legacy and before a successor is chosen, the last rites of the pope need to be carried out.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Those claimants who are flagged will be required to visit a Social Security Administration office in person for their claim to be processed.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2025
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Although all claimants except Coyne have signed releases and agreed not to sue, Cox and Pearl have not.—
Linda Robertson,
Miami Herald,
2 Mar. 2025
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Fast forward two years, and redshirt freshman quarterback Drake Lindsey enters into a similar heir apparent spot as Minnesota began spring ball on Thursday.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
20 Mar. 2025
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Green is the heir apparent to Charles Barkley.—
Jon Krawczynski,
The Athletic,
8 Mar. 2025
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Stakeholders When an incident goes down, multiple internal and external stakeholders will be involved: employees, customers, business partners, insurers, regulators, government representatives, law enforcement, etc.—
Steve Durbin,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Candidates include former state representative and Council of State candidate Wesley Harris, who is challenging current Chairman Drew Kromer.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Apr. 2025
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New photos: King Charles III, Queen Camilla celebrate 20th wedding anniversary The king's oldest son and heir Prince William and his wife, Princess Kate, were absent.—
Paul Sandle,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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In 1973, the Feds managed to turn one of the Brotherhood’s big benefactors: Gulf Oil heir Billy Hitchcock.—
John Semley,
Rolling Stone,
19 Apr. 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
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The beneficiary was anyone who practiced the politics of grievance.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
21 Apr. 2025
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Goucher College and the University of Utah are the recent beneficiaries of multi-million dollar gifts made by alumni of the two institutions.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Succeeder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/succeeder. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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