incumbent

Example Sentences

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In his letter, Wilson requested the Board provide shareholders with details on how many incumbent directors will be retiring and when new candidates will be added.

From Barron's

After the incumbent Labour lawmaker quit, the mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, said he would stand as a candidate.

From The Wall Street Journal

“It remains very difficult to replicate or displace much of the knowledge, metadata and workflows incumbent systems have amassed,” analysts at Deutsche Bank wrote this week.

From The Wall Street Journal

He said at the time: "I think it's incumbent on all of us to try and drive to make the road safer."

From BBC

AI-native software start-ups, unburdened by the baggage of years of design decisions, can leapfrog incumbents with new ways of doing things.

From Barron's