incumbent
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"I think they all feel like it's such an important moment that it's incumbent upon them to do whatever they can to shape the direction that this technology is going," Smith said.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Ackman, with Israel, brushed aside worries around a stablecoin threat, saying crypto is growing in places where cards aren’t incumbent.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
During a 1980 debate against the incumbent Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan famously asked voters if they were better off now than they were four years ago.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
However, as an incumbent congressman running for reelection, he would leave his House seat vacant for months if elected to the Senate.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
It seems incumbent on us to take a look.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
The takeaway for telecom investors: SpaceX’s threat to broadband and wireless incumbents “could remain an overhang on the sector for years rather than quarters,” Bernstein analysts said in a research note.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Kim Varet said her supporters have “obviously put a lot of thought into” which of the incumbents to support, but they have had a hard time swallowing the idea of voting for either.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
"Denying American startups access to models available abroad would stifle competition, entrench incumbents, and function as a tax on intelligence," the letter from the Little Tech Association said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Many of these winning candidates have unseated entrenched incumbents, as 29-year-old Colorado attorney Melat Kiros did to U.S.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
When Faye came down from Sacramento and opened her house there was a flurry of animosity from the two incumbents.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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