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president-elect

[ prez-i-duhnt-i-lekt ]

noun

  1. a president after election but before induction into office.


president-elect

noun

  1. a person who has been elected president but has not yet entered office
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of president-elect1

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25
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Kamala Harris acknowledged her defeat to President-elect Donald Trump, but also resolved to never give up the fight for a more just union.

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Newsmax waited weeks before calling Biden the president-elect.

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In January, while Trump was still president-elect, Smith had what she called a "friendly and constructive conversation" with Trump at Mar-a-Lago about the two countries' shared energy relationship.

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“If I win, when I’m president-elect, what I’ll do is I’ll speak to one,” he said.

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In Sielaff's case, officials likely assumed he did not have a "bona fide, non-immigrant intent" — a foreign residence he doesn't intend to abandon, per the regulations governing tourist and visa waivers — because of his incorrect answer, Jeff Joseph, the president-elect of the American Immigration Lawyer's Association, told Salon.

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