Thesaurus results for SUCCESSOR

successor

noun

Definition of successor

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 She was informed by Pavlovsky at the hospital on the day of Lagerfeld’s death that she’d been chosen as his successor. — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2026 Williams was an obvious successor after rushing for 443 yards and seven touchdowns over his first two seasons as a backup. — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026 Novo, whose shares have plummeted over the past two years amid intensifying competition in the anti-obesity space, is under pressure to find a successor to its semaglutide franchise, which includes mega-blockbusters Wegovy and Ozempic. — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026 Cseh, the archive's director, said successor governments to dictatorships rarely disclose the names of previous agents and informants, let alone records as detailed as those Hungary is preparing to release. — Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for successor

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Noun

At Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, its flagship, Anthem’s broad-network plan pays almost $100,000 for a major joint replacement, compared with $28,000 from Medicare.

— Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
Two visions of Social Security Boccia’s argument was that Social Security has become an expensive wage-replacement system that sends its largest benefits to people most capable of providing for themselves.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of replacement

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Yellow smoke and pyrotechnics filled Folsom’s Dan Russell Rodeo Arena as deputies made their entrance, showing off armored vehicles and tactical gear while helicopters flew in formation overhead.

— Haley Parsley October 4, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026
Last year, deputies were called to the Cheeca Lodge & Spa after a guest spotted nearly $900 in hotel splurges that had been charged to her room without her knowledge or consent, according to the sheriff’s office.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of deputy

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Kentucky Boy was conceived of by Old Forester assistant master distiller Caleb Trigo and Woodford Reserve master distiller Elizabeth McCall as a tribute to Morris for his 50th anniversary with Brown-Forman.

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2026
Greengart pointed to the Rabbit r1 personal assistant, which lacked distinct use cases from the smartphone and faced technical and hardware issues.

— Samantha Subin, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of assistant

Noun

In the records provided to Sportico, the school redacted the name and identifying details of Moore’s representative and the location where his items were sent.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2026
One of two PetSmart locations in southeast Folsom will close next month, a representative for the company said in an email.

— Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of representative

Noun

Jamal, who co-founded the Somali Justice Advocacy Center, which helps immigrants find pro bono attorneys, also helped retain a lawyer for the Somali teenager charged with piracy in the infamous Captain Richard Phillips hostage-taking.

— Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
Federal government attorneys say the lawsuits are a backdoor way to regulate heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions and amount to an unconstitutional power grab.

— LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of attorney

Noun

Fight to Unite might appear to be a substitute for the missing Las Vegas festival, but bringing Punk Rock Bowling to Los Angeles has been discussed for years.

— Dick Slaughter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
There is no substitute for the human connection, human thought, human nuance.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of substitute

Noun

My interview with Altman had been arranged weeks earlier, just as the first revelations emerged about swarms of rogue AI agents conspiring to hack websites.

— Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
Until today, human scientists have been the agents responsible for discovering cancer cures, and for doing so they (and key associates) have been showered with academic credit and awards, perhaps even a Nobel Prize.

— Jeffrey S. Flier, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of agent

Noun

Shoppers describe the category as a stand-in for a seasonal mood, and the trend follows a clear seasonal pattern that peaks from April through August.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2026
That puts Meta and Instinct in a fast-moving race to turn AI assistants into something closer to digital stand-ins.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

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