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
At last, Apple is launching a successor to its 2020 AirPods Max over-ear headphones.
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Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 17 Mar. 2026
In the months since, Adams has continued to jab at his successor in social media posts.
—CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
People in Munich think the 21-year-old is the successor to Kroos.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Also through the Fox acquisition, top TV exec Dana Walden joined Disney; Walden, who had been under consideration to be Iger’s successor, is becoming the company’s first chief creative officer under D’Amaro as CEO.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026
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Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 17 Mar. 2026
In the months since, Adams has continued to jab at his successor in social media posts.
—CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
People in Munich think the 21-year-old is the successor to Kroos.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Also through the Fox acquisition, top TV exec Dana Walden joined Disney; Walden, who had been under consideration to be Iger’s successor, is becoming the company’s first chief creative officer under D’Amaro as CEO.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for successor
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Her replacement outfit was an Alber Elbaz Lanvin pleated knee-length—black and funerary, like the Balenciaga, but much more forgiving.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
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Teruaki Sato hit a game-tying RBI double before Shota Morishita, who entered the game as an injury replacement for Seiya Suziki, belted a three-run home run to give Japan a 5-2 lead.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
15 Mar. 2026
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The song progresses as the video shows scenes of deputies rummaging through the rapper's possessions, including several coats in a closet and CDs stacked near a stereo.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
18 Mar. 2026
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The sheriff’s office sent an evacuation notice to people living in a 2-mile radius and deputies are going door to door to alert people, though many of the homes are vacation homes, agency officials said.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
18 Mar. 2026
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Suzuki wrapped up a 16-season playing career in 2022, and the former catcher was a special assistant for the Angels the past three seasons.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Mustafa Gökçe, also a lead author and former research assistant at the Department of Physics.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Mar. 2026
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During her tenure as a state representative and throughout her campaign for Illinois comptroller, Croke has pointed to her experience as a mother when discussing policies affecting working families.—
Jonathan Bullington,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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But researchers drew on findings from Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose, which while not representative, indicated that the lion's share of charitable donations come from companies that are giving over the new threshold.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
18 Mar. 2026
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The committee is scheduled to hold additional interviews in its sprawling Epstein investigation on Thursday, including the deposition of his former attorney, Darren Indyke.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Mar. 2026
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Martinez remained on administrative leave Wednesday afternoon, said his attorney, Steven Murray.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
19 Mar. 2026
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As that Arizona porch proved, a camera lens is a catastrophically poor substitute for a human gaze.—
Neal K. Shah,
Boston Herald,
17 Mar. 2026
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They are embedded infrastructure for which the world has no easy substitute.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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Liam Ramos, 5, and his father were taken into custody by ICE agents from their home in Columbia Heights during the ICE surge in January.—
Jason Rantala,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Proposals to prohibit federal immigration agents from masking their faces have gained new life in states -- thanks in part to a court ruling that blocked the nation's first such law, in California.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 Mar. 2026
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One man, first invited to serve as a stand-in for the narrator’s father, was asked instead to play the boy.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Similarly, Early’s dissolute failson feels less like a self-portrait than like a darkly comic deflection, a gargoyle-ish stand-in for his creator’s anxieties.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Successor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/successor. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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