successors

Example Sentences

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The only question that matters in government is whether we leave our successors a better situation than we inherited.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Even though Starmer has become unpopular, he has aimed to balance the budget and potential successors might see things differently, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

No wonder Warren Buffett wrote in a 2007 letter to shareholders that a “farsighted capitalist” at Kitty Hawk would have done successors a favor by “shooting Orville down.”

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Fred Kaynor, a managing director at Schwab’s charitable arm, now called DAFgiving360, says its account holders can name up to 10 successors, and successors can name successors.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Somewhere around 800 a.d. their hungry successors took another look at the crop and liked what they saw.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann