incumbent in English

adjective
1
necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility.
it is incumbent on all decent people to concentrate on destroying this evil
synonyms:necessary for one toessential thatrequired thatimperative thatcompulsory for one tobinding on one tomandatory that
2
(of an official or regime) currently holding office.
the incumbent president had been defeated
noun
1
the holder of an office or post.
Voters may look back on an incumbent 's performance in office, and cast a retrospective vote, or may compare what the candidates promise to do if elected to office, and vote prospectively.
adjective
noun

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1. Incumbent member for Breda.

2. The only incumbent Independent was defeated.

3. 16 Steve Horn,(www.Sentencedict.com) the Republican incumbent.

4. 4 The old man is an incumbent.

5. 19 One incumbent was returned to the council.

6. 15 How does the incumbent house prove otherwise?

7. 5 It was incumbent on them to attend.

8. Mitchell was to face Republican incumbent Carroll Campbell.

9. Codey Endorses Incumbent Dover Alderwomen and Alderman for Reelection

10. 14 An incumbent by definition is the status quo.

11. 17 Morales faces Republican incumbent U. S. Sen.

12. 6 It is incumbent upon us to do so.

13. He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.

14. 7 The present incumbent is due to retire next month.

15. 18 Steiner easily beat the incumbent to become governor.

16. ** Also referred to as Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs) Note:

17. Device and method for incumbent signal detection and channel allocation

18. It was a role befitting a challenger debating the incumbent.

19. 13 Mitchell was to face Republican incumbent Carroll Campbell.

20. The Chairperson seat of the Oklahoma City Public Schools Board of Education is up for election with incumbent OKCPS Chairperson Paula Lewis, incumbent District 1 …

21. In the June elections, Morris easily defeated the incumbent, Tom Smith.

22. 20 The role is narrowly conceived by the present incumbent.

23. 12 He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.

24. 1 He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.

25. OTE, the incumbent telecommunications operator, offers ISDN BRI (BRA) services in Greece.

26. This period allows the incumbent sufficient time to achieve measurable results.

27. He beat incumbent Democratic governor Bruce King by 50% to 40%.

28. Benoni, Gauteng The incumbent will be responsible for general office administrative duties

29. (59) The incumbent contract holder's advantage is based on the following factors.

30. The incumbent local exchange carrier for these area codes is Bell Canada.

31. She is the incumbent Permanent Secretary of the Uganda Ministry of Health.

32. The Churchwardens and incumbent are custodians of the contents of the church i.e

33. 29 Their conclusion: Republican Alf Landon handily would defeat incumbent President Franklin Roosevelt.

34. 3 In the June elections, Morris easily defeated the incumbent, Tom Smith.

35. (3) High speed bit stream access (Provision of DSL services by incumbent)

36. She was reelected in 2006, 2011 and 2016, and is the incumbent.

37. This makes it incumbent upon all of us to act with wisdom and objectivity

38. In telecommunications parlance, Bell is known as an ILEC or "incumbent local exchange carrier".

39. Avoidances are in fact, as by the death of the incumbent or in law

40. 2 The incumbent president faces problems which began many years before he took office.

41. 12 It is incumbent upon all of us to make an extra effort.

42. 9 It's incumbent on you to advise your son before he leaves home.

43. But z so no feasible solution of problem 8 can beat the incumbent.

44. Incumbent Democratic candidate, Joseph Galbrain, will then be allowed a one-minute rebuttal.

45. 2001-534 Forbearance from regulation of incumbent local exchange carriers' out-of-territory services.

46. 21 He was defeated by incumbent Democrat J. Bennett Johnston who polled 54 percent.

47. Ma Xiaoyi, incumbent Xinjiang miquan city Bureau of Education research audiovisual education center research.

48. After all their huffing and puffing, every incumbent was desperate to claim some achievement.

49. In the Crepuscular tribes the upper wings are incumbent on the lower, and deflexed.

50. The incumbent president Enrique Peña Nieto was not constitutionally eligible for a second term.