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How To Use incumbent In A Sentence

• This so-called "truncation" of the collection process calls for a redefinition of the duties incumbent on the holder and collecting and drawee banks and have been specifically addressed in the proposed legislation. ANC Daily News Briefing
• Lets hope her constituents rise up in the next election and oust this unqualified and opportunitistic showboater who only won by running against an unpopular and dying incumbent. Archive 2009-08-01
• Chiengmai; but it was curious, even amusing, to observe the serene contempt with which the "interlopers" were received by the rival incumbents of the royal gynecium, -- especially the Laotian women, who are of a finer type and much handsomer than their Siamese sisters. The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok
• Then as now, a majority of the electorate disapproved of the incumbent's performance.
• She felt it incumbent upon/on her to raise the subject at their meeting.
• Nevertheless, incumbent officeholders, candidates, and aspirants are pragmatic to a fault, and their main concern is with winning elections.
• A change in anyone's government gets far more attention than an election that returns the incumbent government to office.
• As you may be aware I am the Speaker of the House of Commons and it is incumbent upon me to honour and uphold the noble traditions of the House.
• Tim Holden won his last race with 51 percent in a newly reapportioned district against another incumbent.
• I hope his 2012 campaign ads avoid racial incitement by only saying “reelect the incumbent.” The Volokh Conspiracy » Taking ObamaCare Challenges Seriously