successor
Example Sentences
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The authorities escalated further, arresting Audias Flores, El Mencho's presumed successor, as well as his top accountant and other lieutenants.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
No search process to find his successor has begun.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
Labour MP Andrew Gwynne resigned as MP for Gorton and Denton citing "significant ill health" sparking an attempt by the Greater Manchester Mayor to become his successor.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Buffett retired as Berkshire CEO at the end of December, and before that he had appointed Abel as his successor at the conglomerate.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
In the late-seventeenth century, the modes finally gave way to their successor: keys.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing successor
The Giver
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"The Hill We Climb," by Amanda Gorman
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The City of Ember
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