INCUMBENTS Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

incumbents

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plural of incumbent

as in officeholders

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officeholders

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DuVernay says her team approached nearly 300 GOP officeholders, but only a little more than a dozen engaged with them at all.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
That year, three of Texas’s university systems appointed former Republican officeholders as their chancellors.

— Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

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