president-elect

noun

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

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During an appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, president-elect Donald Trump criticized the Chips Act which was passed by the Biden administration in 2022 — partly to spur domestic advanced chip manufacturing. —

Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024 Brennan, who was appointed by Republican former president and now president-elect Donald Trump, was joined by Senior Circuit Judge Kenneth Ripple, an appointee of Republican former president Ronald Reagan. —

Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024 But those grown-ups are gone, and the president-elect looks likely to appoint sycophants and conspiracy theorists to top foreign policy positions. —

Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024 During our conversation, Schiff spoke of the president-elect only when asked. —

Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for president-elect

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