How to Use successor in a Sentence

successor

noun

• The CEO's successor used to be the vice president here.
• His successor, Ted Pick, might have to come up with some new ideas for a new era.
  — Telis Demos, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2023
• The Homestead Act of 1862, along with its successors, gridded up and gave away an area the size of Pakistan.
  — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
• Twitter’s true successor will be a refuge for an idea past its prime.
  — Katherine Alejandra Cross, WIRED, 13 July 2023
• Qin’s successor, Wang, appears to be a safe pair of hands after the backroom drama of the past month.
  — David Pierson, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
• What does the future look like for Henri or its successor?
  — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2024
• Saban’s successor will need a hard edge to deal with the scrutiny.
  — Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2024
• Zong is survived by his wife and his daughter, Zong Fuli, who has long been groomed as his successor.
  — Nectar Gan, CNN, 26 Feb. 2024
• The palace was built by the emperor Tiberius and was much beloved by his infamous successor, Nero.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Dec. 2023
• Keep in mind that Google is expected to announce a successor, the Pixel 7A, in May.
  — WIRED, 30 Mar. 2023
• The seat is currently held by Ali Noland, who did not file to run for a second term and endorsed Strong to be her successor.
  — Cynthia Howell, arkansasonline.com, 12 Nov. 2023
• While McHenry serves in the interim, there is still not a clear successor in place for McCarthy.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 4 Oct. 2023
• Leah will continue to serve as GC for the next few months and will support a smooth transition to her successor.
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 9 Jan. 2024
• This dewier successor to the brand's beloved lipstick has a balmier texture that glides on like butter.
  — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 27 Nov. 2023
• Will Newsom bite the bullet or muddle through the next few years and dump a huge fiscal crisis on his successor?
  — Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
• Jokowi’s successor will be under enormous pressure to live up to his record.
  — Ben Bland, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2024
• Before the brief search for Sajak’s successor came to an end, fans had campaigned for White to replace her longtime co-star.
  — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2023
• Peterson said the Hornets will begin searching for Clifford’s successor right away, but didn’t want to put a timetable on the hire.
  — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2024
• The fact that no group has emerged as possible successors has not gone unnoticed.
  — Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2023
• Still, the Rams could add a quarterback to the room to try to find Stafford’s successor, but this seems unlikely in the first two rounds with more pressing needs for a playoff contender.
  — Adam Grosbard, Orange County Register, 3 Apr. 2024
• The board of the insurance company has already begun a search for his successor.
  — Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2024
• The January rejig may certainly be a move to answer some of those questions, though the question of when a successor might be named still looms large.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2024
• But there’s no question that in many respects his record pales in comparison to his successor’s.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024
• That’s not to say Mayor Max and his successors don’t serve a political purpose.
  — Mel Melcon, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
• The dimpled sphere falls meekly to the ground, while up on the giant display its virtual successor continues its flight.
  — WIRED, 9 Nov. 2023
• The Dutch design studio just unveiled an extra-wide successor to the Rock 85 that offers way more space despite being the exact same length.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2023
• More or less the same day that your successor was announced, it was also announced that Dennis Ruh’s contract was not being renewed as head of the market.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 20 Dec. 2023
• The doubters were aplenty before and during the season for Love, who showed repeatedly in 2023 why the Packers brass had the confidence in him as Rodgers' successor.
  — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024
• But there is no clear successor to McCarthy yet, even if his detractors succeed in ousting him.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2023
• But the biggest challenge that has been magnified by the activist campaigns is the company’s struggle to find an Iger successor who will stick as CEO.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024