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incumbent

adjective as in obligatory

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noun as in officeholder

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Christian Martinez, a spokesperson for the National Republican Congressional Committee, is now focusing on Gray’s voting history on the shutdown as a reason to criticize the incumbent.

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But the incumbent’s track record isn’t helping her.

Barnaby Joyce, former deputy prime minister and incumbent New England lawmaker, wrote on Facebook that his "thoughts, prayer and hopes" were with those injured in the crash.

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Ms. Wilson defeated incumbent Mayor Bruce Harrell, who had tried to reverse the damage of the “defund the police” movement after he took office in 2022.

“The biggest challenge is industrialization at scale and motivating large incumbents to move to field fast,” said Guy Vidra, a partner at Collaborative Fund, which co-led the seed round.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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