second-in-command
noun
: someone who is ranked second in a group or organization
the police chief's second-in-command
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Among those people she’s contacted were fellow finalists Annie Esposito — currently the second-in-command to Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton — as well as L.D. Louis, who now works as an Alameda County deputy county counsel.
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Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
Following the death of Fedya’s second-in-command, Chernov and editor Michelle Mizner bluntly flash forward to the soldier’s funeral in his hometown 600 miles away — a community by now all too accustomed to such ceremonies for slain young men.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
The man tapped by President Donald Trump to be second-in-command of the federal agency that protects the public from environmental dangers is a lawyer who has represented companies accused of harming people and the environment through pollution.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 22 Jan. 2025
At 40 years old, Vance is distinguished as the nation's first millennial VP, replacing former Vice President Mike Pence as Trump's second-in-command this time around.
—Kyler Alvord, People.com, 20 Jan. 2025
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Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
Following the death of Fedya’s second-in-command, Chernov and editor Michelle Mizner bluntly flash forward to the soldier’s funeral in his hometown 600 miles away — a community by now all too accustomed to such ceremonies for slain young men.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
The man tapped by President Donald Trump to be second-in-command of the federal agency that protects the public from environmental dangers is a lawyer who has represented companies accused of harming people and the environment through pollution.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 22 Jan. 2025
At 40 years old, Vance is distinguished as the nation's first millennial VP, replacing former Vice President Mike Pence as Trump's second-in-command this time around.
—Kyler Alvord, People.com, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Second-in-command.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/second-in-command. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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