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forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law
it is incumbent upon you to attend every staff meeting
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Recent Examples of incumbent
Harvard Business Review, 12 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar is dropping her campaign for city comptroller to challenge incumbent Jumaane Williams for the role of New York City public advocate.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2025
Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025
Well, Joe Biden was the incumbent president at the time.
—NBC News, 19 Jan. 2025
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Noun
February 12, 2025 The insurance industry is centuries old and has historically been dominated by a few large incumbents.
—Harvard Business Review, 12 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar is dropping her campaign for city comptroller to challenge incumbent Jumaane Williams for the role of New York City public advocate.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
In Ohio, Republicans spent more than a quarter of a billion dollars ahead of the election to attack the incumbent Democratic senator Sherrod Brown, according to a report from the data-tracking firm AdImpact.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025
Well, Joe Biden was the incumbent president at the time.
—NBC News, 19 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incumbent
Noun
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Coleman said, adding that the committee did not include submissions related to specific legislation or officeholders such as Bailey.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
14 Feb. 2025
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Across the South, such activity had triggered deadly white violence against Black voters, organizers and officeholders in the decades since the war.—
Essence,
Essence,
8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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An early job as a lab technician was interrupted by five years of compulsory military service.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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That’s because voting is compulsory in Australia, with the threat of a fine for noncompliance, and turnout typically exceeds 90 percent.—
Victoria Kim,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Nvidia is still working on the certification process for Samsung Electronics Co.’s high-bandwidth memory chips, a final required step before the Korean company can begin supplying a component essential to training AI platforms.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
21 Feb. 2025
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But his dramatic head coaching success demonstrates, once again, that there’s no required background for a successful leader.—
Michael Peregrine,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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The licenses came with rules that providers called onerous and unethical, including mandatory pelvic exams for women.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
15 Feb. 2025
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Texas law calls for a mandatory 21-day waiting period after a school superintendent finalist is named before the board can take action to hire the superintendent.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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In one survey, 91% of executives acknowledged that optimizing hiring with AI is necessary for long-term success.—
John Winsor,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Ownership has shown a willingness to swing big when necessary, and the team has assets to offer the Blues.—
Jeremy Rutherford,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Incumbent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incumbent. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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