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Recent Examples of heir apparent
The Sabres appear to be grooming Seth Appert to be Ruff’s heir apparent one day.
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Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
On a dime, Carmine — who’d just started to see Sofia as his true heir apparent, rather than his ineffectual son, Alberto (Michael Zegen) — turns on his daughter.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 14 Oct. 2024
With Thompson having spent the majority of his impressive rookie campaign playing as a wing (and thriving), the thinking became that Sheppard was the new heir apparent at the position.
—Rahat Huq, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
When Hafez Assad died of chronic heart trouble in 2000, Bashar Assad was the heir apparent.
—Greg Myre, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
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Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
On a dime, Carmine — who’d just started to see Sofia as his true heir apparent, rather than his ineffectual son, Alberto (Michael Zegen) — turns on his daughter.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 14 Oct. 2024
With Thompson having spent the majority of his impressive rookie campaign playing as a wing (and thriving), the thinking became that Sheppard was the new heir apparent at the position.
—Rahat Huq, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
When Hafez Assad died of chronic heart trouble in 2000, Bashar Assad was the heir apparent.
—Greg Myre, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heir apparent
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Carter is one of the nine portraits hanging in the rotunda-like pre-show space, along with his successor, Ronald Reagan, the two most recent officeholders.Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2025
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Because of the proximity to the inauguration, Biden will reportedly not be enforcing the ban and is leaving the decision to his successor.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
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What to Know Due to the huge number of recipients, not every claimant gets their money on the same date each month.Aliss Higham, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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Two of the claimants are from Pennsylvania, two are from Massachusetts, and one is from Florida.Andi Shae Napier, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Oct. 2024
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Miami deciding to call attention to the NFL’s longest current playoff-victory drought would be akin to Richard Nixon’s heirs staging an annual Watergate parade.Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025
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Season two hones in on the nature-versus-nurture tension between the innies and the outies, most poignantly through office rebel Helly (Britt Lower), who discovered at the end of season one that her outie is Helena Eagan, heir to the company that she’s dedicated her life to railing against.Abby Monteil, Them, 15 Jan. 2025
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Similar actions during Trump’s first administration reduced the number of academics and representatives of nongovernmental organizations on these boards, while increasing the number of industry consultants.Eric Nost, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2025
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The only acceptable options for filling vacancies should be holding a special election or appointing an interim representative solely to allow time to organize that election to ensure community representation.Hiram Soto, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Heir apparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heir%20apparent. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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