president-elect

noun

: a person who has been elected president but who has not officially become president yet

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Days earlier, Beijing took the highly unusual step of welcoming Indonesia’s president-elect, Prabowo Subianto, and giving him a meeting with Mr. Xi. —Olivia Wang, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024

Taiwan’s president-elect, Lai Ching-te, who takes office next month, visited Hualien on Wednesday and said the government’s top priority was to rescue those trapped. —Vic Chiang, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024

There is a very real possibility that Donald J. Trump can be your president-elect. —Fox News, 4 Apr. 2024

The two leaders discussed Taiwan ahead of next month’s inauguration of Lai Ching-te, the island’s president-elect, who has vowed to safeguard its de-facto independence from China and further align it with other democracies. —Zeke Miller, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024

So, too, will what comes next, as the new president-elect confronts a daunting challenge: to demonstrate that democracy works, that democracy can deliver. —Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2024

About 10,000 doctors are now certified in obesity medicine, Lydia Alexander, MD, president-elect of the Obesity Medicine Association, told Verywell. —Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 15 Mar. 2024

However, a victory in November's presidential election would undoubtedly give him more sway over the ensuing leadership race, and Republican senators would be under significant pressure to elevate the president-elect's preferred choice. —Stefan Becket, CBS News, 29 Feb. 2024

Gomes predicts America’s $34 trillion debt burden may upset the world’s financial markets as early as next year—should a president-elect announce a raft of expensive policies. —Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2024