incumbency

Example Sentences

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Incumbency is proving difficult for governments, but it also poses problems for councils.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Incumbency usually gives a few points to a candidate.

From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2021

Incumbency — at least from a financial standpoint — isn’t what it used to be.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2020

Incumbency was a very strong thing in this state.

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2020

He was led, however, to return southward, where the Vicar of Islington offered him the Incumbency of St. John’s, Holloway, a new church just built out in the fields. 

From Edward Hoare, M.A. A record of his life based upon a brief autobiography by Hoare, Edward N.