incumbent
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- noun
- /ɪnˈkʌmbənt/
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- All indications had been that the highly popular and effective incumbent, Taiwan-born Lee Teng-hui, would run unopposed.
- defeat the incumbent
- incumbents seeking reelection
- Republican incumbent
Why do you think now from everything you've learnt that incumbents often fall?
- Why do you think now from everything you've learnt that incumbents often fall?
- But I think Biden can't capitalize on them in the way that other incumbents have been able to.
- Because it takes too long and if it takes a long time, the incumbents have time to Co opt the market right?
- They they, the, the vote isn't rigged, but the district is rigged so that the incumbent wins no matter, almost no matter what, right?
- So those are two incumbents, Ashton and I appreciate the question.
- Look, this is a great story of innovation coexisting with incumbents.
- By the way, the president of the incumbent Hoover was a staunch Republican conservative populist.
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Well, he's been the incumbent for five terms, and folks are saying it's time for a change.
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In West Virginia, Democratic incumbent Joe Manchin has defeated Republican Patrick Morrissey.
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Our first question will go to the incumbent.
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And I lost by two points to the incumbent Democrat on Election Day.
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The incumbent is claiming he won it.
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The Republican incumbent won by a landslide.
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The question is this: is the failure of the bailout reason enough to vote all the incumbents out of office in five weeks?
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American voters now routinely reelect House incumbents from both political parties, returning them by overwhelming margins.
Academic text (1990) -
President Emerson may find himself as the first non-elected incumbent... to win his party's nomination since Gerald Ford in 1976.
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The current incumbent of the mayor's office is seeking re-election this year.
Synonyms
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A person who has an official job with power and responsibility in a government or organization
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A person who holds a public office for a fixed time, for example in government
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A person who holds an elected or official position in an organization
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A person who has an official position in a club or organization
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Etymology
Incumbent comes from Latin parts in- 'on' and cumbere 'to lie', so it originally meant 'to lie on' or 'rest on'. That's why an incumbent is the person who currently holds an office, as if the office 'rests on' them.