Incumbent
in sentence
324 examples of Incumbent in a sentence
It is
incumbent
upon Bush and Blair to prove their case, and to prove it in the face of worldwide suspicion that the US and UK security agencies might plant phony evidence.
Because immunization programs are led by national governments and the WHO, which, as a specialized agency of the United Nations, works closely with
incumbent
regimes, it can be difficult to carry out vaccinations in areas where militants wage war against the state.
The declaration clearly stipulates that an
incumbent
government’s refusal to relinquish power to the winning party after free, fair, and regular elections is unconstitutional.
The most striking demonstration of this “Republican” alliance was the 2002 Presidential election, when, with Socialist support, Jacques Chirac, the Gaullist incumbent, received 85% of the popular vote in the run-off against Jean-Marie Le Pen.
Because new treatments for multidrug-resistant microbes aren’t expected to generate much return on investment, it is
incumbent
upon governments to make research and development in this field more attractive to private companies, and, in order to stem the development of resistance, to ensure that new drugs are not overused.
Ironically, the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), the bankrupt
incumbent
energy provider, has been effective primarily in building its own competition.
As soon as French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy decided to leave the government and start campaigning for the presidency,
incumbent
President Jacques Chirac abandoned all plans for reforms that might antagonize voters.
Clearly, the flood of government spending alleviated the need for difficult reforms, and allowed
incumbent
enterprises to shore up their positions with cheap finance.
The real danger – especially in the Republican Party – comes largely from those who are further to the right than the
incumbent.
The vote ended in a standoff between the incumbent, Mwai Kibaki, who declared himself the winner, and the opposition candidate, Raila Odinga, who dismissed the vote as rigged.
Ironically, Iran has been the main supporter of Arab democracy, for the best way to undermine the
incumbent
regimes is to promote popularly based Islamist movements such as Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Hamas in Palestine, and the Shiite majority in Iraq.
Moreover, tax competition drives market concentration and monopolization, because it tilts the playing field in favor of
incumbent
multinational corporations, and against smaller potential competitors.
It is
incumbent
upon other world leaders to devise a coherent response to Trump, and to continue establishing a new development paradigm that is compatible across different financial systems.
The financial system is full of legacy costs and inefficiencies, and the
incumbent
major banks are generally happy to maintain existing arrangements.
On June 20, World Refugee Day, it is
incumbent
upon us to deliver a message of hope to the many refugee children caught in the crossfire and deprived of an education.
As Islamist democracies whose governments emerge from popular elections, Iran and Turkey – and their Hamas and Hezbollah allies – can claim an advantage over the
incumbent
Arab regimes, all of which suffer from a desperately yawning legitimacy deficit.
Regardless of which of the remaining candidates will be elected in the upcoming runoff – the
incumbent
Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko or Viktor Yanukovych – the Orange Revolution will have come to an end.
Entrenched
incumbent
regimes everywhere are under severe stress from advances in information technology, shifts in demographics, rising expectations, and the obsolescence of Cold War exigencies.
But it would still have to face the challenge of liberalizing its economy, in the face of rising pressure from labor unions to protect inefficient
incumbent
firms from increased competition.
In order to ride out the hung Diet, Kan will have to reconstruct party unity by replacing at least the
incumbent
anti-Ozawa party chief or Chief Cabinet Secretary, and, possibly, by appointing a pro-Ozawa Justice Minister – i.e., someone who can block Ozawa’s prosecution in the financing scandal.
The process has involved disputes among the
incumbent
executives, a private investment fund, and an SOE shareholder, as well as a default on corporate bonds issued by the state-owned Dongbei Special Steel that has spurred disputes among the Liaoning provincial government, the China Development Bank, and many other investors.
Iran’s recent “election” saw blatant manipulation in favor of the
incumbent
president incite a democratic mass uprising.
While Trump was en route to Saudi Arabia, Iranian voters elected their moderate
incumbent
president, Hassan Rouhani, to a second term, and gave him a mandate to introduce urgently needed reforms.
The renminbi is by no means in the same league as the SDR basket’s four
incumbent
currencies.
American presidents have a long history of murder, something unlikely to trouble the current incumbent, Donald Trump, whose favorite predecessor, Andrew Jackson, was a cold-blooded murderer, slaveowner, and ethnic cleanser of native Americans.
Facing the end of a self-imposed three-term limit as prime minister, he is intent on changing the Turkish constitution to introduce a presidential system – with himself on top as the first
incumbent
to wield much-enlarged power.
True, buybacks can undermine a particular firm’s ability to invest in its own future, causing
incumbent
employees and managers to lose out.
It is probably not a coincidence that similar rhetoric has long been prominent in business and political discourse in Western Europe, where
incumbent
employees and firms enjoy greater protection than in the US.
Can any
incumbent
– and especially President Barack Obama – win re-election in such conditions?
But, come Election Day, many (if not most) Americans are likely to ignore recent history and vote against the
incumbent.
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