incumbency

Example Sentences

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But recent state elections suggest that extensive welfare delivery alone is no longer enough to secure incumbency.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

Park is seeking her second term with the benefit of incumbency and the backing of two powerful unions, the Los Angeles Police Protective League and the United Firefighters of Los Angeles City.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

The shift to AI data centers is driving an expansion of the total addressable market for optical components “well beyond Coherent’s incumbency in the traditional pluggable transceiver market,” he wrote.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026

Amid what the analyst describes as an “AI-driven transformation of the data center,” the total addressable market for optics is expanding “well beyond Coherent’s incumbency in the traditional pluggable transceiver market.”

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

A native of the city, and educated at the Cathedral school, he became Bible Clerk at All Souls College, Oxford, and in 1837 was ordained by Bishop Stanley, and presented to the incumbency of Aldeby. 

From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles