incumbent

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Figma, along with other software stocks, has gotten swept up in a sector-wide selloff that’s intensified in recent weeks due to investors’ fears about AI applications that could harm incumbent businesses.

From MarketWatch

Now, with her surprise, last-minute entry into the mayor’s race, the 44-year-old Silver Lake resident is hoping to defeat another incumbent, Karen Bass, by expanding on the formula that led to her first upset victory.

From Los Angeles Times

Yet many of these incumbents have yearslong wait lists for power turbines, opening up an opportunity for new market participants.

From The Wall Street Journal

But first a new parliamentary president would have to be elected, as the incumbent is acting in an interim capacity.

From Barron's

But incumbent CEOs are generally stepping down sooner than they traditionally have.

From The Wall Street Journal