incumbent
US /ɪnˈkʌmbənt/
・UK /ɪn'kʌmbənt/
C1TOEIC
n. (c.)Countable NounA person who holds a particular office or position
He is the incumbent in the presidential race
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It’s Not Just the U.S. Why Are World Leaders So Old Now? | WSJ State of the Stat
- In the US, incumbent reelection rates have never dropped below 85% in the House.
In the US, incumbent reelection rates have never dropped below 85% in the House.
- In the US, incumbent reelection rates
In the US, incumbent reelection rates
Taiwan's New President Lai Urges China to Jointly Maintain Regional Peace
- So his mandate was a little bit weakened, and he also his party, the Democratic Progressive Party of the former incumbent, Tsai Ing-wen essentially lost control of the Legislative Yuan.
So his mandate was a little bit weakened, and he also his party, the Democratic Progressive Party of the former incumbent, Tsai Ing-wen essentially lost control of the Legislative Yuan.
- And he also, his party, the Democratic Progressive Party of the former incumbent, Tsai Ing-wen, essentially lost control of the legislative yuan.
And he also, his party, the Democratic Progressive Party of the former incumbent, Tsai Ing-wen, essentially lost control of the legislative yuan.
“There Is a Collision Coming,” Tucker Carlson and Jordan Peterson's 2024 Predictions
- Today, it is a race in the foreseeable future between Donald Trump, the former president, now effectively the Republican nominee, and the incumbent president, who got more votes than somehow because he's just so popular.
Today, it is a race in the foreseeable future between Donald Trump, the former president, now effectively the Republican nominee, and the incumbent president, who got more votes than somehow because he's just so popular.
- the incumbent president.
the incumbent president.
Why It Took Boeing A Decade To Launch NASA Astronauts On Starliner
- At the start, Boeing was viewed as the incumbent, the player with the most experience and the most ability to get to and from space.
At the start, Boeing was viewed as the incumbent, the player with the most experience and the most ability to get to and from space.
- At the start, Boeing was viewed as the incumbent, the player with the most experience and the most ability to get to and from space.
At the start, Boeing was viewed as the incumbent, the player with the most experience and the most ability to get to and from space.
He Predicted Trump in 2016, Biden in 2020 and Now… | NYT Opinion
- Number 10, the incumbent party candidate is charismatic.
Number 10, the incumbent party candidate is charismatic.
- Number 10: the incumbent party candidate is charismatic.
Number 10: the incumbent party candidate is charismatic.
Is Trump winning? | The Gray Area
- To some kind of hybrid system with elements of democracy and authoritarianism or what political scientists sometimes called competitive authoritarianism Yeah, so that is a term that that I think is really useful and it's worth focusing on To try to understand what it means right is coined by Steven Levitsky and Luke and way to leading political scientists who focus on comparative democracy and they defined a competitive authoritarian system as one that is they have free elections in the sense that they Aren't rigged like the ballot boxes and stuffed but they're not taking place on fair grounds right the The the playing field is tilted in the incumbent parties Direction so heavily that it's very difficult for the opposition to compete meaningfully.
To some kind of hybrid system with elements of democracy and authoritarianism or what political scientists sometimes called competitive authoritarianism Yeah, so that is a term that that I think is really useful and it's worth focusing on To try to understand what it means right is coined by Steven Levitsky and Luke and way to leading political scientists who focus on comparative democracy and they defined a competitive authoritarian system as one that is they have free elections in the sense that they Aren't rigged like the ballot boxes and stuffed but they're not taking place on fair grounds right the The the playing field is tilted in the incumbent parties Direction so heavily that it's very difficult for the opposition to compete meaningfully.
- The, um, the— the playing field is tilted in the incumbent party's direction so heavily that it's very difficult for the opposition to compete meaningfully.
The, um, the— the playing field is tilted in the incumbent party's direction so heavily that it's very difficult for the opposition to compete meaningfully.
Stanford Roundtable 2014: The climate conversation you haven’t heard
- We have to make the customer want to buy the product because it's cool, it's fun, and it's better than the incumbent competition.
We have to make the customer want to buy the product because it's cool, it's fun, and it's better than the incumbent competition.
- cool, it's fun and it's better than the, the incumbent competition.
cool, it's fun and it's better than the, the incumbent competition.
Turkey update: Protesters in Turkey clash with police over arrest of Istanbul mayor | DW News
- But the incumbent changes the rule of the game and has so much resources and controls bureaucracy that the electoral competition is not fair.
But the incumbent changes the rule of the game and has so much resources and controls bureaucracy that the electoral competition is not fair.
- But the incumbent changes the rule of the game and has so much resources and controls bureaucracy that the electoral competition is not fair.
But the incumbent changes the rule of the game and has so much resources and controls bureaucracy that the electoral competition is not fair.
Takaichi wins LDP leadership race, likely to become Japan's first female prime minister
- A parliamentary vote is expected in mid October, following which Takaichi is expected to replace the incumbent prime minister, who resigned last month after major election losses.
A parliamentary vote is expected in mid October, following which Takaichi is expected to replace the incumbent prime minister, who resigned last month after major election losses.
- A parliamentary vote is expected in mid-October, following which Takaichi is expected to replace the incumbent prime minister, who resigned last month after major election losses.
A parliamentary vote is expected in mid-October, following which Takaichi is expected to replace the incumbent prime minister, who resigned last month after major election losses.