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

Still, while the public might think twice about buying a used car from either "Tricky Dick" or "Slick Willie," most people seemed willing, then as now, to make an independent judgment about the incumbent's ability to govern--especially when weighing it against the capacity of his challenger.
Robert De Niro plays Conrad Brean, a jaded political consultant who is called out of retirement to rescue the incumbent.
That being the case and because I am a long-time professional speechwriter, I feel it incumbent on me to remedy the deficiency.
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.
This raises the possibility of an entrant competing successfully even though it has higher costs than the incumbent.