incumbent on
Example Sentences
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However, those coalitions will be tested in a presidential election without the incumbent on the ballot, a moment that is growing closer every day.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
“It is incumbent on Congress to understand why such a failure occurred.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
“It’s incumbent on every single one of us to put our best foot forward,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 20, 2025
Bill Carrick, a consultant for Harman’s 1998 campaign, agreed it’s incumbent on a rich candidate to “have something substantive to say and be able to articulate why you’re going to make people’s lives better.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025
“It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion, to be secure of judging properly at first.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
