Elected and Incumbent

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Elected adjective - Subject to popular election.

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Incumbent and elected are semantically related in in office topic. In some cases you can use "Incumbent" instead an adjective "Elected".

Nearby Words: elect, election, elective, electing, elector

Incumbent adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.

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Elected and incumbent are semantically related in in office topic. Sometimes you can use "Elected" instead an adjective "Incumbent".

Nearby Word: incumbency

Ben Wyatt of Parks and Recreation won a brief measure of nationwide fame when he rode a wave of local anti-incumbent sentiment and got elected mayor of his town at the tender age of 18.

Source: Never Live It Down / Live-Action TV
The incumbent was Rick Scott, a Republican who got elected governor despite his past as an insurance executive who scammed Medicare out of billions of dollars.

Source: Only in Florida

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