as in replacement
a person who has a job, position, or title after someone else; someone who succeeds another person
The CEO's successor used to be the vice president here. the successor to the throne
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Recent Examples of successor
Finally, don’t overlook Half Door Brewing — or its successor.
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Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2025
And without decisive action by Congress, today’s space leaders will find their successors standing proudly atop their own Maginot Line, 100 years later, and just as irrelevant.
—Charles Beames, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Lumen Technologies, the successor of Qwest Communications International and owner of CenturyLink, has reached an agreement to sell its consumer fiber business, called Quantum Fiber, to AT&T for $5.75 billion in cash, the two companies announced Wednesday.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 21 May 2025
The two top Trump administration officials both served in the Senate and are considered possible successors to the president.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 21 May 2025
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Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2025
And without decisive action by Congress, today’s space leaders will find their successors standing proudly atop their own Maginot Line, 100 years later, and just as irrelevant.
—Charles Beames, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Lumen Technologies, the successor of Qwest Communications International and owner of CenturyLink, has reached an agreement to sell its consumer fiber business, called Quantum Fiber, to AT&T for $5.75 billion in cash, the two companies announced Wednesday.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 21 May 2025
The two top Trump administration officials both served in the Senate and are considered possible successors to the president.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for successor
Noun
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Amazon If Dad's water bottle is gross or dented, consider this replacement.—
Louryn Strampe,
Wired News,
3 June 2025
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Super 8 is planning a full roof replacement, a new front entrance with automatic double doors and the implementation of PTAC heaters and coolers in all of the hotel’s 80 rooms, which will cost $195,000.—
Erin Yarnall,
Chicago Tribune,
3 June 2025
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The deputies that fired their weapons are placed on administrative assignment, Codd said.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
1 June 2025
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The White House deputy press secretary, Harrison Fields, said the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is creating media to support a particular political party on the taxpayers' dime.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 June 2025
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Wiegman’s long-time assistant, Arjan Veurink, is to leave after the tournament to take over the Netherlands’ women’s team.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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This kind of human moderator review of chats is pretty common in the gaming world and can even apply to voice recordings made by various smart home assistants.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
5 June 2025
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Billboard has reached out to the group’s representatives for comment.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
1 June 2025
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Many of the videos encourage viewers to donate to organizations such as the National Park Foundation or to call their local representatives to advocate for protecting public lands, part of a long tradition of using social media to organize social and political movements.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
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Separately, attorneys for the families of victims of the shootings at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown in 2012 filed a civil lawsuit under a different provision of the law concerning unfair trade practices.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
31 May 2025
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If any inmates were denied parole because of the faulty tests, they could be owed a new hearing before the parole board, said attorneys representing inmates affected by the defective drug tests.—
Salvador Hernandez,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2025
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The information provided here is not legal advice and does not purport to be a substitute for advice of counsel on any specific matter.—
Jonathan Carson,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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The time allocated could not be a substitute for instructional time.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 May 2025
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Then in September, a Secret Service agent spotted the muzzle of a rifle sticking out of a fence in bushes at Trump's West Palm Beach golf club while scouting the course ahead of Trump.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
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The writer’s death on June 3 was confirmed by his husband, Michael Carroll, and agent Bill Clegg, The New York Times, The Guardian and NBC News report.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
4 June 2025
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LaBella was brought in as a stand-in, without advance warning, preparation or consent, and without an intimacy coordinator present, the suit alleges.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
28 May 2025
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Sure, the Malfoys are in effect more or less pureblood Aryan stand-ins, but this is also a series that had almost no minority characters at all and none in major roles.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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“Successor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/successor. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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