How to Use successor in a Sentence

successor

noun

• The CEO's successor used to be the vice president here.
• His successor, Ted Pick, might have to come up with some new ideas for a new era.
  — Telis Demos, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2023
• One dilemma is what to name the Blue House’s successor.
  — Hakyung Kim, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022
• The successor to the leadership role is Abu al-Husayn al-Husayni al-Qurayshi.
  — Jared Malsin, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2022
• In the meantime, the ship's successor, the Queen Mary 2, is still in active service with the Cunard line.
  — Lilit Marcus, CNN, 12 Dec. 2022
• The story kicks off when the king is killed and a tournament of sorts is put in place to find his successor.
  — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 7 Oct. 2024
• Look for Newsom and his successor after the 2026 election to do the same.
  — Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
• The Homestead Act of 1862, along with its successors, gridded up and gave away an area the size of Pakistan.
  — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
• The board of directors will work with Hilton to find Byrd’s successor.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2024
• The issue is that there is no likely successor to Wayne at No. 2.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 3 Aug. 2022
• And on Tuesday, Duque’s successor was on his way to Caracas to meet him for lunch.
  — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2022
• Twitter’s true successor will be a refuge for an idea past its prime.
  — Katherine Alejandra Cross, WIRED, 13 July 2023
• Qin’s successor, Wang, appears to be a safe pair of hands after the backroom drama of the past month.
  — David Pierson, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
• In fact, this will probably be what crowns the app’s successor.
  — Ryan Bort, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
• What does the future look like for Henri or its successor?
  — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2024
• Saban’s successor will need a hard edge to deal with the scrutiny.
  — Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2024
• Burberry on Friday said a search is under way for the successor of Ms. Brown.
  — Jennifer Williams-Alvarez and Mark Maurer, WSJ, 26 Sep. 2022
• Zong is survived by his wife and his daughter, Zong Fuli, who has long been groomed as his successor.
  — Nectar Gan, CNN, 26 Feb. 2024
• ByteDance launched the music streamer a little over a year ago as a successor to a service called Resso.
  — Byandrew Nusca, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2024
• The palace was built by the emperor Tiberius and was much beloved by his infamous successor, Nero.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Dec. 2023
• The Webb Telescope is considered to be the successor to the Hubble space telescope.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022
• Keep in mind that Google is expected to announce a successor, the Pixel 7A, in May.
  — WIRED, 30 Mar. 2023
• In 2004 he was named the successor to noted chef Roger Vergé at Moulin de Mougins.
  — Benjamin Liong Setiawan, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2022
• Wyman’s successor’s name was also stripped from the campus last year.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2022
• Saturday Night Live doesn’t need to find a behind-the-scenes successor just yet.
  — Rebecca Iannucci, TVLine, 19 Sep. 2024
• His successor will then be asked to form a new government.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 5 Sep. 2022
• In the past, the company said that the Switch successor will be announced in its current fiscal year, which ends in March 2025.
  — Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
• The seat is currently held by Ali Noland, who did not file to run for a second term and endorsed Strong to be her successor.
  — Cynthia Howell, arkansasonline.com, 12 Nov. 2023
• Noah stepped down late last year, and no permanent successor has yet been named.
  — Mark Kennedy, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Jan. 2023
• But in spite of those successes, Biden's legacy likely rests largely in the hands of his successor: Donald Trump.
  — David Morgan, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 1 Feb 2025