Thesaurus results for SUCCESSORS

successors

noun

plural of successor

as in assistants

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 successors But Holland also commuted death sentences to life in prison, as did seven of his successors. — Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026 Formally, the control of the Earth’s timescale is in the hands of the professional geologists—that is, the successors of Charles Lyell. — Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026 People familiar with the deal’s progression said Lorch soon became involved in structuring key aspects of the deal beyond its financing, including how the board would sit for 15 years and choose its successors. — Cate Brown, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026 Trump’s successors will need to salvage his defective effort to help guide this transition. — Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026 But during that time, NASA and NOAA launched five more successors, GOES 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Unfortunately, this future focus dwindled and largely disappeared in the following decades as key leaders departed Congress, and their successors pursued other interests. — John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026 According to Degrenne’s successors, about 50 percent of all French households counted their silverware and cutlery in their home in 1989. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026 Tuesday marked the final monthly meeting of the current council, leaving some members hoping their successors will continue the oversight effort. — Dennis Valera, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Buying Riley out of his deal would mean forking over upwards of $70 million, plus more for his assistants.

— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Office assistants and teachers were dealing with angry parents, while the volleyball coaching staff tried to prepare for league playoffs while fielding complex questions about federal equality laws from teenagers.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of assistants

Noun

While county police officers became deputies under Cordero-Stutz’s authority, county correctional officers remained under Levine Cava’s authority.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026
Videos posted on social media show deputies also used pepper spray as race attendees surrounded them and threw objects.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of deputies

Noun

Jong-kyu Hwang, Hanwha Power’s Vice President of Technology Solutions, attended alongside senior ABS representatives.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Its sales representatives are individually building personal Gmail scripts, at night, in Google Apps Script, to survive an inbox that the AI-first version of the same company would have automated a year ago.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of representatives

Noun

The bulk of the costs was reportedly for munitions replacements at $29 million.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026
The fund would help the district move away from relying on annual operating resources and one-time funding opportunities to fund the work or making capital decisions when major repairs or replacements become necessary.

— Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of replacements

Noun

In December 2024, FBI agents and local police arrested the men during pre-dawn raids on their homes in Miami Beach and their parents’ home in Bal Harbour.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
With the sun low in the sky, protesters took to the streets of Woodland on Tuesday to demand action against federal immigration agents.

— Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of agents

Noun

His order bars Essayli from participating in or supervising their cases, including overseeing the attorneys handling them.

— Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Prosecutors had asked Caproni to sentence each brother to life in prison, while their attorneys sought the 15-year minimum.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of attorneys

Noun

And at last year’s state GOP convention, delegates even passed a resolution to prevent Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger from qualifying as a Republican, a move leaders refused to enforce.

— Adam Beam, AJC.com, 28 Oct. 2026
In 2025, demonstrators circulated online posters calling on the state’s federal delegates, including Risch, to host town halls.

— Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of delegates

Noun

Moreover, both sides are now able to target the substitutes and reserves that in the past could be used to cushion losses.

— Tatiana Mitrova, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2026
To be sure, odds and gambling platforms do not use methodologies used by traditional political polling, and therefore are not substitutes for political polls.

— Fred Imbert, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026

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