Thesaurus results for SUCCESSORS

successors

noun

plural of successor

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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 Boxer’s early decision gave prospective successors nearly two years to organize and voters the opportunity to choose among them. — Nancy Forster-Holt, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026 That order barred then-Attorney General Pam Bondi, or any of her successors, from releasing or sharing that portion of the report. — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 This ongoing Lorne Watch, with predictions of his retirement and potential successors, began around Season 40 and continues. — Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 Even from her wrought-iron balcony, analysts say, Fernández has held back potential successors to pursue her own comeback. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026 On occasion, overly exuberant executives have set up their successors for failure, by publicly pursuing audacious, sometimes inspiring, but ultimately unachievable goals as a part of their legacy. — Johannes Teyssen, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026 In a personalist system, leadership prizes loyalty, China expert Minxin Pei told The Beijing Brief podcast, with the consequence that strong figures — potential successors — tend to get weeded out. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026 Proposition 5 would overhaul how successors are picked during recall elections, something California politicians have frequently faced in recent years. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026 The threshold comes when a system can create a successor capable of creating successors of its own. — Regan Peng, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

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Unlike ordinary reporting tools, this platform also tracks actual financial results by providing revenue attribution at the SKU level to show which products consumers discover and purchase through the use of AI assistants.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
Retailers can start by testing how products appear when shoppers ask AI assistants questions in their own words, and measuring results product by product.

— Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of assistants

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According to the sheriff’s office, deputies began to administer first aid to Thaxton until an ambulance arrived.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026
Iza admitted to hiring off-duty sheriff’s deputies to provide him with personal security from August 2021 through April 2022.

— Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of deputies

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During a Monday New York City Council hearing, representatives from OpenAI, Google, Meta and Anthropic were asked to assure under oath whether AI agents will always comply with safety guardrails to prevent catastrophic harm.

— Staff, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
The Florida Department of Emergency Management and DHS representatives did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the letter, but officials have routinely denied poor conditions at detention centers across Florida.

— Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of representatives

Noun

Their replacements, which include Ross Douthat and contributors like Ariel Levy and Sebastian Junger, have top-shelf backgrounds, but also little experience working on a weekly TV program that emphsizes long-form enterprise journalism.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
The vehicles will serve as one-for-one replacements for conventional trucks.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of replacements

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Authorities estimate hundreds of thousands of protesters, including students, teachers and delegates from trade unions, took to the streets on Tuesday as protests sweep the country.

— Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026
Simms will be in town pressing the flesh alongside thousands of other delegates.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of delegates

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Fuelled in part by the overprescription of painkillers like OxyContin in the 1990s, the market for unregulated substitutes exploded into what became regarded as an epidemic by the turn of the millennium.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Sep. 2026
Cristiano Ronaldo had to be content with a place on the substitutes bench in a 2-1 away win for Portugal over Norway.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

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