as in successor
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Noun
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Mitchell was surprised at how well o3 — OpenAI’s newest reasoning model, announced at the end of last year as a successor to o1 — performed on tests.—
Sigal Samuel,
Vox,
21 Feb. 2025 -
Expectation in Denmark ramped up, with the country desperate for a successor to former Australian Open champion and world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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But due to the sheer number of recipients expecting a check every month, not every claimant gets paid their benefits on the same date.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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Court records show the claimant is in out-of-court settlement discussions with CoreCivic, which had previously denied all the allegations in the suit.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes,
29 Jan. 2025
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But just who is the man Sandler jokingly identified as heir apparent to the sketch comedy institution?—
EW.com,
EW.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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In the general election of 2016, Trump went after President Barack Obama as a way to challenge heir apparent and Democratic nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton.—
David Jackson,
USA TODAY,
3 Nov. 2024
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Some in the industry — from studio managers to representatives — believe that the company’s senior leadership has done a poor job in training and elevating a next generation of Padawan executives from which to potentially tap a replacement.—
James Hibberd,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Feb. 2025
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Newsweek has reached out to a representative for the Philadelphia Eagles outside of regular working hours via email for comment.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The claim is that the death tax imposes an unfair and costly tax on the transfer of property, land, and other assets from a decedent to his or her heirs and that can decimate small businesses and family farms.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Fourteen days later, the Rangers hired former Marlins manager Skip Schumaker as a senior advisor, perhaps bringing aboard a new heir.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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Trump and allies, meanwhile, often cast him as legatee of Reagan.—
David Jackson,
USA TODAY,
8 Sep. 2024
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Humans, as legatees of this heritage, learn by seeing and visualizing.—
Stephen Jay Gould,
Discover Magazine,
11 Nov. 2019
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Sanchez is back on the Chelsea bench again, this time with summer signing Filip Jorgensen the beneficiary, but this is unlikely to lead to an opportunity for Petrovic, 25, to re-establish himself at his parent club next season.—
Liam Twomey,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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Then presumably the tax will no longer apply, and the surviving spouse beneficiaries may wish to decant or reform those trusts to eliminate some of the restrictions that may not have been desired but for the tax requirements.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Succeeder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/succeeder. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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