president-elect

noun

: a person who has been elected president but who has not officially become president yet

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That remarkable scene — where Mr. Trump’s lofty new status as president-elect collided with his colorful New York habitat — was private until Thursday, when Mr. Pecker recounted it to jurors. —Michael Rothfeld, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2024

After the meeting with Widodo, Cook also met Indonesia’s president-elect Prabowo Subianto, who is currently defense minister, in Jakarta. —Edna Tarigan and Achmad Ibrahim, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2024

At the then president-elect’s request, Abe went alone. —Tomohiko Taniguchi, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2024

Days earlier, Beijing took the highly unusual step of welcoming Indonesia’s president-elect, Prabowo Subianto, and giving him a meeting with Mr. Xi. —Olivia Wang, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024

Taiwan’s president-elect, Lai Ching-te, who takes office next month, visited Hualien on Wednesday and said the government’s top priority was to rescue those trapped. —Vic Chiang, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024

There is a very real possibility that Donald J. Trump can be your president-elect. —Fox News, 4 Apr. 2024

The two leaders discussed Taiwan ahead of next month’s inauguration of Lai Ching-te, the island’s president-elect, who has vowed to safeguard its de-facto independence from China and further align it with other democracies. —Zeke Miller, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024

So, too, will what comes next, as the new president-elect confronts a daunting challenge: to demonstrate that democracy works, that democracy can deliver. —Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2024