as in officeholder
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as in compulsory
forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law
it is incumbent upon you to attend every staff meeting
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Recent Examples of incumbent
Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 10 Apr. 2025
Last week’s results were not a surprise to the incumbent.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
Ben Standig, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Ella McCay follow an idealistic young politician (Mackey) who juggles familial issues and a challenging work life while preparing to take over the job of her mentor, the state’s longtime incumbent governor.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Ex-Councilors Ricardo Arroyo and Kendra Lara became the first incumbents to lose a primary election in Boston in at least four decades after their own lapses, in September 2023.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 10 Apr. 2025
Last week’s results were not a surprise to the incumbent.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
Last year’s starting left tackle, Brandon Coleman, and incumbent Andrew Wylie could compete for the right tackle role.
—Ben Standig, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Ella McCay follow an idealistic young politician (Mackey) who juggles familial issues and a challenging work life while preparing to take over the job of her mentor, the state’s longtime incumbent governor.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incumbent
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The emoluments clause is a provision of the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 9, Paragraph 8) that generally prohibits federal officeholders from receiving any gift, payment or other thing of value from a foreign state or its rulers, officers, or representatives.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
7 Apr. 2025
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The resistors were bankers and business leaders, Kiwanis and Rotary Club members and clergy, and middle-class members of White Citizens’ Councils who took pains to distance themselves from the Ku Klux Klan—as well as officeholders from local school boards to state capitols to the halls of Congress.—
Essence,
Essence,
22 Mar. 2025
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Jack would begin a compulsory ninety-day psychiatric evaluation in the California Institution for Men in Chino, a rough place known to be brutal to younger inmates for the same possession charges.—
Susannah Cahalan,
Rolling Stone,
17 Apr. 2025
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Now, Weight Watchers isn’t exactly facing bankruptcy because people everywhere are suddenly looking inward and agreeing to throw off the shackles of compulsory thinness.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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White children also had fewer days from termination of parental rights to adoption finalization, a required step in the adoption process, with an average time of 273.5 days.—
Cheyanne M. Daniels,
The Hill,
24 Apr. 2025
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So these are cases in which there is no response from disclosure in the first place by the required statutory deadlines to administratively appeal.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Following his mandatory Israeli army service, Ferder apprenticed under master cutters while going to school at night for business and gemology.—
Christopher Helman,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Pope Francis appointed Most Reverend Shawn McKnight to lead the archdiocese after Naumann’s mandatory retirement at the age of 75.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2025
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The laws are seen by the administration as a necessary protection against threats to the country, a betrayal of the principles and virtues of the nation by the opposition and the public at large.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Apr. 2025
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In both cases, regulation or policing of markets is necessary to ensure that ‘bad’ actors do not gain an advantage over good ones.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Incumbent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incumbent. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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