"To choose a successor" means to select and designate someone to take over a particular position, role, or job after the current person holding that position leaves or retires.
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Sir Alex Ferguson played a huge part in
choosing his successor for Manchester United previously, and you would expect the Arsenal boss to also merit the same decision.
Part of Benchmark's argument in legal filings has revolved around the search for a top leader, asserting that the board was impeded from
choosing a successor by Kalanick's continuing negative influence.
I am convinced, even more so after the sheer surrender and fashion of todays disgrace and the lunacy of the squad selected, that the owner and board are even now making plans for
choosing his successor in MAY.
He also questioned why the
Liberals chose his successor — the government says Anil Arora will be in the position on an interim basis — after they argued two years ago for an outside body to recommend a nominee for chief statistician.
The pope expects to
hand choose his successor, live in lavish luxury with expensive meals and even more expensive clothes, and glory at his imminent sainthood.
The king, a destructive conqueror, was supposed to slay his enemy according to the customs of war, but he certainly could
not choose his successor.
Greg Wank, Food and Beverage Practice Leader, stresses the importance of deep business understanding across the board
when choosing a successor.
The FA must
now choose a successor who can oversee the passing of the baton between the older players such as Wayne Rooney and Gary Cahill, to the newcomers Marcus Rashford and John Stones.
The nature of Schneiderman's collapse, amid revelations of physical violence with intimate partners that they say was not consensual, has prompted calls for state lawmakers tasked
with choosing his successor to appoint a woman to the post.
On the other hand, Sheldon Silver's replacement Alice Cancel (AD65) and Guillermo Linares (AD72) lost their seats, while Sen. Adriano Espaillat's
chosen successor Marisol Alcantara (SD31) won her election.
Empire: Season 4 Premiere: A hip - hop mogul must
choose a successor among his three sons who are battling for control over his multi-million dollar company, while his ex-wife schemes to reclaim what is hers.
Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie has 104 members in his caucus and their chamber will play a major role in the process
of choosing a successor for the disgraced Schneiderman.
-LSB-...] Adriano Espaillat's
chosen successor for the Senate seat after he got elected to Congress and is already seen as vulnerable.
He cited income inequality, an issue in the presidential campaign to
choose his successor in November, as well as disparities in unemployment, pay and criminal justice.
Where is
his chosen successor?
Cardinals are handpicked by the pope both to
choose his successor and to assist in the daily needs of the church.
The principal dispute is about who should exercise authority over the Muslim community: the Sunni believe that a leader or caliph should be selected by the community, while the Shia hold that caliphs can only come from the descendents of the Mohammed's
chosen successor, his cousin Ali.
It has also been pointed out that board are not «Football people» and would likely trust Wenger to
choose his successor.
And don't believe all that stuff about how «Wenger will stay and
choose his successor».
For what WENGER has given us, I would definitely agree on
him choosing his successor, but he must make it official that he will leave, what is he waiting for??? The waiting for the end of the season sheet....
If he was to take over, I think he would offer David Dein to come back, and if that still didn't work, the best AW could hope for is helping to
choose his successor.
The time spent at Manchester United, as Ferguson's
chosen successor, was always going to be a difficult gig and it was a relative failure rather than an absolute one.
Absolutely, Obama should definitely dismantle his robust reelection machine and drop all of his challenges in the lap of his Secretary of State — whom he defeated in the 2008 primaries — and crown her as
his Chosen Successor.
«They are really pushing her - it looks like she is now Jeremy's
chosen successor» said one party insider recently.
Salmond stepped down, but the baton was passed to
his chosen successor Sturgeon, who was more than ready to assume the role after her 10 - year apprenticeship at his right hand side.
There's also a tight timetable for
choosing a successor.
She was Congressman Adriano Espaillat's
chosen successor for the Senate seat after he got elected to Congress and is already seen as vulnerable.
He said government can not interfere in Chieftaincy issues but will ensure that there is law and order leading up to
choosing a successor for the skin.
You imply that Ford became President due to some deal by which Agnew agreed to step aside so that Nixon could
choose his successor and then resign.
Claudia Tenney led Hanna's
chosen successor, Steve Wells, 41 to 34 percent with 100 percent of precincts reporting.
chosen successor, Steve Wells, 41 to 34 percent with 100 percent of precincts reporting.
«They are really pushing her - it looks like she is now Jeremy's
chosen successor.
Rangel, flanked by his wife, Alma, and Wright,
his chosen successor, spoke briefly to reporters before entering P.S. 175 in Harlem early Tuesday morning to cast his vote.
Ms. Simon, long active in Brooklyn Democratic circles, is also Ms. Millman's
chosen successor.
But if Clegg goes down, the Liberal Democrats will need to think carefully as
they choose a successor.
Sheldon Silver is still pulling strings to
choose his successor, Republicans say.
Liberians turned out in force on Tuesday to
choose a successor to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, in a contest set to complete the country first democratic transition of power in more than 70 years.
The adoption came barely twenty four hours after governor Fayose declared that God will
choose his successor for him.
The good feelings of the afternoon just about masked the political hornet's nest the mayor had waded into when he chose to endorse Mr. Sikora, an economist with the Communication Workers of America, over Jo Anne Simon, a Democratic district leader and
the chosen successor of the area's retiring assemblywoman, Joan Millman.