president-elect

noun

: a person who has been elected president but who has not officially become president yet

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Her victory over leftist challenger Roberto Sánchez marks her fourth presidential bid and makes her Peru’s first female president-elect. — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026 The president-elect has lived and worked in Miami as a lawyer, giving him name recognition and credibility among many Colombians who have built lives in South Florida while remaining deeply invested in their homeland. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 22 June 2026 Bowser was one of his loudest critics during his first term in office, but changed course in his second, even meeting with the president-elect at his private Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida during the transition period. — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 18 June 2026 But anecdotally, the lion's share of male-to-male romance readers appear to be straight women, according to Jennifer Bokal, president-elect of the Romance Writers of America trade group. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 27 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for president-elect

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“President-elect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/president-elect. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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