How to Use titleholder in a Sentence

titleholder

noun
  • Jayne came into the match as the champion but left in shock as a new titleholder was crowned.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • There’s only one of me, but there’s still local titleholders across the state who spread the same message.
    — Mary Colurso | [email protected], al.com, 14 June 2019
  • Unfortunately, the cloud swirling around their top titleholder put a bit of a damper on it.
    — Posted Jim Varsallone, miamiherald, 12 July 2017
  • The pageant will honor reigning titleholder Tatiyanna Voche’, who will step down at the end of the night.
    — Laura Latzko, The Arizona Republic, 15 June 2022
  • The current titleholders are Chelsea Green and Ethan Page.
    — Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
  • The titleholder, Alcaraz, will also miss it.
    — ABC News, 16 May 2026
  • In the co-main event, flyweight titleholder Joshua Van puts his belt on the line against Tatsuro Taira.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
  • McKinley said in the statement that Guinness had not decided on a new titleholder.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2024
  • As for the other champions, here is a comparison between the titleholders of the two brands–as well as who has the advantage.
    — Justin Barrasso, SI.com, 12 June 2019
  • Editors chose to give Bullock and her baby the cover, with the four-time titleholder as a secondary cover line.
    — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Any current titleholder who would have aged-out by next year is still eligible to compete in 2021.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2020
  • The reigning titleholders fell 1-0 on Monday, their first defeat of the season.
    — David Close, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The 33-year-old champion is on a 8-fight win streak and Saturday’s fight will be his fourth straight against a former titleholder.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • The New York Knickerbockers were not the only titleholders at this week’s ticker-tape parade.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 19 June 2026
  • The Life of a Showgirl surpassed the previous titleholder, and the singer-songwriter beat her own best showing.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Sir Robert Menzies turned them into a private apartment for the use of the titleholder in the 1960s.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Bosch is the current Miss Mexico titleholder.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Fury was not happy with the judges in May, the former heavyweight titleholder seemed angrier with the scoring on Saturday.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Kasatkina, 20, has never won a Slam but has defeated each of the four reigning Slam titleholders.
    — Helene Elliott, latimes.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • They'll be asked to post pictures of themselves and their pets under a hashtag to set the Guinness World Record, which doesn't have a current titleholder.
    — Madison Karas, Star Tribune, 23 July 2021
  • The schedule for Miss Navajo Nation has always been packed and intense, but this is the first time a titleholder has had to work through a pandemic.
    — Shondiin Silversmith, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2021
  • Fight fans will also get to see former UFC flyweight titleholder Brandon Moreno in action.
    — Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Minnesota is mad and motivated, but New York is the titleholder until told otherwise.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Today the franchise has burgeoned into a $7 billion sports media business with 756 athletes from around the world and ten titleholders, two of whom are from Africa.
    — Chidinma Irene Nwoye, Quartz Africa, 2 Nov. 2019
  • But with Russia barred from the Paris Games after the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the path was cleared for a new titleholder.
    — Alex Andrejev, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Giulia is roughly a month shy of surpassing inaugural champion Chelsea Green as the longest-reigning titleholder in the belt's short lineage.
    — Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
  • In the Paramount+ streaming fight card’s co-main event, ex-bantamwwight titleholder Sean O’Malley faces Song Yadong at 135 pounds.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • In the Paramount+ streaming fight card’s co-main event, ex-bantamweight titleholder Sean O’Malley faces Song Yadong at 135 pounds.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Turkey's titleholder sits clear at the top of the Super Lig, having demolished its domestic competition so far this term, and hopes to carry that form onto the continent.
    — Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The Magpies almost pulled off a miraculous comeback against titleholder Liverpool last time out despite being reduced to 10 men, only to fall at the final hurdle.
    — Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025

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