successor
Example Sentences
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Justin Welby devoted huge amounts of time and energy to preserving the unity of the worldwide Anglican communion, but that battle may be over before his successor even takes office.
From BBC
The Renaissance man, the father of the modern age, can claim all of us as successors.
The gathering marked the organization’s first major event since the death of founder Charlie Kirk, and the absence of a clear successor loomed large.
From Salon
“They are taking very good care of Nicolás Maduro and his immediate successors,” said Thomas A. Shannon Jr., a former high-ranking U.S. diplomat who engaged frequently with the Venezuelan regime.
He left his successor the delicate mission of repositioning the company’s strategy around the extraction of fossil fuels rather than disappointing investments in renewable energy.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
