Thesaurus results for SUCCESSOR

successor

noun

Definition of successor

as in replacement

a person who has a job, position, or title after someone else; someone who succeeds another person The CEO's successor used to be the vice president here. the successor to the throne

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Recent Examples of successor There is no obvious successor waiting in the wings, lawmakers are fully aware of Nvidia’s strategic significance to the US, and Wall Street knows Huang as a brilliant founder who has made fortunes for his shareholders. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026 The Goop Guide is a spiritual successor to The Goop Podcast, which ended last month after eight years. — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2026 The Air Force continues to invest in upgrades, maintenance, and low-observable improvements to keep the existing fleet operational until its successor is ready. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026 In 2018, after Schumer became the Senate minority leader, Queens Democrat Joe Crowley was the House’s fourth-ranking Democrat and a likely successor to Nancy Pelosi. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for successor

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Noun

And while Proctor’s replacement Jarrett Kingston certainly had a blunder or two, it was left guard Jonah Savaiinaea that gave up a couple sacks.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026
The airline safely operated the engine for 12 additional cycles before securing a replacement.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of replacement

Noun

The sheriff's office said a Monroe County deputy took over the pursuit when the Chevrolet exited I-75 in Erie Township, Michigan.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies and Sacramento Regional Transit police officers also responded to investigate the incident.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of deputy

Noun

In Facebook groups for Astro owners, users have complained of diminished customer service and griped that Amazon's AIexa+ AI assistant isn't supported on Astro.

— Annie Palmer, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2026
Newsweek’s reporters and editors used Martyn, our AI assistant, to produce this story.

— Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of assistant

Noun

On Wednesday evening, representatives for Ford Racing told The Times that Muniz had been released from the hospital.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026
Drones bring battlefield medicine Wang Jianqi, a representative of Air Force Medical University, described the system in a report on Wednesday.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of representative

Noun

Chambers himself is now accused of riot, conspiracy to riot, and money laundering offenses, defense attorney Aitor Martínez Jiménez told the Washington Examiner.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Nov. 2026
The attorney noted that immediately after the midterm elections last week, lawmakers such as Garcia accompanied their warnings of upcoming investigations with Instagram posts that received media attention and thousands of reshares.

— Pranshu Verma The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of attorney

Noun

Classical conservatism is about creating conditions for human flourishing, and the angry populism of the modern era is an unsatisfying substitute for older conservative ideas.

— Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 11 Nov. 2026
For example, the restaurant’s maple syrup is pure maple, rather than a corn syrup substitute.

— Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of substitute

Noun

In a world where chatbots and agents easily answer most generic questions for free, the value of news organizations seeking payment from readers could be to provide a perspective that audiences know has been verified by a human being.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026
The reports came two days after federal immigration agents conducted an operation in nearby Davis.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of agent

Noun

Vintage Trouble singer Ty Taylor stars in this production as the Stew stand-in known only as Narrator, along with Brittany Campbell (pictured above), Britton Smith and Saycon Sengbloh.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Nov. 2026
In other words, Aslan was not simply a stand-in for Jesus, and the series was not an extended metaphor.

— The Conversation, The Conversation, 6 Nov. 2026

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