titleholder

Example Sentences

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So, if the Eagles win the Conference League, it is likely they would take up an extra place in the Europa League as a titleholder.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

They no longer manage demolition, but they are the titleholder to publicly-owned land, and are still the largest single landowner in the city of Detroit.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

In a leaked resignation letter, the 2024 titleholder accused the Miss USA Organization of having a “toxic work environment” where she experienced “at best ... poor management and, at worst ... bullying and harassment.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2024

After that comes the main event on what has been labeled the “Day of Reckoning” as Joshua, the former WBA, IBF and WBO titleholder, fights Otto Wallin, a New York-based Swedish journeyman.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2023

Twice champion of the USSR, he’d won the 1958 Portorož Interzonal, becoming a front runner to play the incumbent titleholder, Mikhail Botvinnik, for the World Championship in 1960.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady