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Example sentences for: incumbent

How can you use “incumbent” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

If an entrant were more efficient than the incumbent, then the USO would not cause the lost profit.
In 1962 he had become the leader of the Illinois delegation by virtue of seniority, and Daley decided it was time for him to run for the Senate, in a kamikaze challenge to the Republican incumbent, Everett Dirksen.
And the headline over the Washington Post lead credits the Democrats with scoring significant upsets-- the Post , like everybody else, stressing the defeat of GOP incumbent senators Alfonse D'Amato of New York and Lauch Faircloth of North Carolina.
In the Missouri senate race, for example, a Democratic TV ad declared that Republican incumbent Kit Bond would let "insurance company bureaucrats make your medical decisions" because he had accepted $200,000 from the insurance industry.
Under the restrictive definition of the USO, however, it is possible for the incumbent post to be more efficient than the entrant and still lose profits because the incumbent must charge a uniform price.