Vocabulary Word
Word: incumbent
Definition: obligatory; imposed as an obligation; currently holding an office; N: person who holds an office
Definition: obligatory; imposed as an obligation; currently holding an office; N: person who holds an office
Sentences Containing 'incumbent'
It clearly being incumbent on some one to say,``Much better,''Mr. Lorry said it; perhaps not quite disinterestedly, but with the interested object of squeezing himself back again.
``It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion, to be secure of judging properly at first.''
For about three years I heard little of him; but on the decease of the incumbent of the living which had been designed for him, he applied to me again by letter for the presentation.
It will then be incumbent on us, if we would maintain our doctrine, to produce the impression, or lively perception, which corresponds to it.
The incumbent governor is Peter Shumlin.
Bell Canada continues to be the incumbent local exchange carrier for London.
Stevens had defeated the incumbent prime minister, Sir Albert Margai, by a narrow margin.
To date new candidates from an incumbent party have only managed to hold the district twice after an incumbent MLA left office.
Social Credit incumbent Lucien Maynard moved to St.
Bhullar is currently running in the 2012 provincial election as an incumbent PC candidate.
He is expected to push incumbent starter James Reimer for playing time.
Conservative candidate Scott Reid, the incumbent MP for Lanark-Carleton and Liberal candidate Larry McCormick, incumbent MP for Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington, both ran for the seat.
Incumbent Democrat Bobby Scott was unopposed for an 8th term.
Jai Ram Thakur (MLA Incumbent State Minister).
The result was a victory for incumbent President Joseph Jenkins Roberts.
That race was one of very few nationwide where a Republican challenger had a credible chance at unseating a Democratic incumbent.
He lost to incumbent Dennis Moore, 55%–43%.
While it was held by the incumbent Prince of Orange, it was not made hereditary until the time of William IV.
He lost all three times to incumbent John W. Byrnes.
Incumbent candidates and government have significant benefits compared to non-incumbents.
Jackson then defeated incumbent Mayor Sam Massell in a runoff election.
The position is being vacated by the two-term incumbent, Susan Combs.
The 2013 incumbent is The Revd Peter Hopkins Services are held in Gonerby and at All Saints.
Incumbent Mayor Vicente B. Amante is term limited.
Election was won by incumbent President Franklin Delano Roosevelt of the Democratic Party.
Ford, the incumbent President, faced a very strong primary challenge from Ronald Reagan.
She is an incumbent member of the local assembly of Daegu and spouse of Lee Yong-hwi.
He would have faced incumbent Governor Mark Sanford and Oscar Lovelace a Physician in the Republican primary.
Coburn initially expected to face eight-term incumbent Mike Synar.
Crosby entered training camp in a battle with incumbent placekicker Dave Rayner.
The seat was considered open after incumbent Rep. Thomas Manton retired, but not without controversy.
In 1998, Richardson beat an incumbent Republican to win election to the Maine House of Representatives.
Lastman ran for the mayoralty of the new "megacity" against incumbent Toronto Mayor Barbara Hall.
Incumbent Cheri DiNovo kept her seat while Justin Trottier placed 4th in the election.
Ultimately, all of these factors led to his running third, as the incumbent, in the 1991 gubernatorial election."
Wayne is currently running in the 2012 provincial election as an incumbent PC candidate.
Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Fred Thompson decided to retire.
That district was abolished in 1971 and Werry ran as the incumbent in Foothills in the election held that year.
His other brother, Winston Garcia, is the incumbent manager of the Government Service Insurance System (Philippines).
He faced the incumbent, Democrat Rush D. Holt, Jr., in the general election.
She defeated incumbent Democrat State Senator Dan Skogen 55%-45%.
After that he was Vicar of Fareham for a decade then the incumbent at Hayling Island until 1946.
He was defeated by incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA John Drobot.
Five of the incumbent public school trustees ran again, two were acclaimed, and four separate school incumbent trustees ran, three were acclaimed, while Ward 13/14 had only one new candidate.
Bold indicates elected, "italics" indicates incumbent.
Incumbent Democrat Rob Andrews, in a surprise move on April 2, 2008, announced that he would be challenging incumbent Sen. Frank Lautenberg in the Democratic primary in June.
Incumbent Republican Jim Saxton announced that he would retire at the end of his current term.
Garrett was the only incumbent in the state thought to possibly be at risk.
In both cases, the deceased served as a mentor to the incumbent in office.
It is the latter that is responsible for the eventual revolutionary overthrow of the incumbent paradigm, and its replacement by a new one.
