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Recent Examples of heir apparent
Ryan Coogler, especially after the success of Sinners, feels like the most likely heir apparent.
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Rebecca Ford,
Vanity Fair,
18 June 2026
There are no elite coaching options on the market right now, but there’s Henderson Silver Knights coach Ryan Craig, who has been treated like the eventual heir apparent for years.
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Jesse Granger,
New York Times,
15 June 2026
After the disastrous ’24 season, Getz fired White Sox manager Pedro Grifol and hired Rangers bench coach Will Venable, who’d been the heir apparent there to succeed Bruce Bochy.
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Bill Madden,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2026
Years into the overhaul, Mulally’s then–heir apparent Mark Fields recalled how the CEO had empowered executives to defy Ford’s long-standing culture that buried bad news.
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Claire Zillman,
Fortune,
12 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for heir apparent
Rebecca Ford,
Vanity Fair,
18 June 2026
There are no elite coaching options on the market right now, but there’s Henderson Silver Knights coach Ryan Craig, who has been treated like the eventual heir apparent for years.
—
Jesse Granger,
New York Times,
15 June 2026
After the disastrous ’24 season, Getz fired White Sox manager Pedro Grifol and hired Rangers bench coach Will Venable, who’d been the heir apparent there to succeed Bruce Bochy.
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Bill Madden,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2026
Years into the overhaul, Mulally’s then–heir apparent Mark Fields recalled how the CEO had empowered executives to defy Ford’s long-standing culture that buried bad news.
—
Claire Zillman,
Fortune,
12 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for heir apparent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heir apparent
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The government has increasingly squeezed freedoms under his successor, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who was reelected to a second term in 2024.
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Most notably, Lucid Chief Financial Officer Taoufiq Boussaid will leave the company after a handover to his successor, Alexander De Bock, who most recently served as CFO of automotive supplier TI Automotive.
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The settlement extends benefits to unidentified third-party claimants who were never parties to the initial lawsuit.
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Publicly available data shows that wrongful death settlements for motor vehicle accidents in Texas vary widely, which is exactly why identifying the correct legal claimants early in the process matters so much.
Noun
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Mojtaba Khamenei, Khamenei’s son and expectant heir, is notably absent.
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The Prince of Wales sadly won’t be attending Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce‘s wedding Friday in New York City, but the heir to the British throne nonetheless made sure to offer some royal prestige to events.
Noun
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Swift's representative confirmed that the actor-comedian officiated the July 3 ceremony at Madison Square Garden.
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Some states chose not to send representatives; several of them cited disagreements with the partisan mission.
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“Heir apparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heir%20apparent. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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