president-elect
noun
: a person who has been elected president but who has not officially become president yet
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Days before his inauguration, the president-elect unveiled $TRUMP, a digital token that did not even pretend to be an investment but offered gamblers another game to play.
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Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Not since the days of William McKinley, who engaged in the Spanish-American War in the late 19th century and ended up with U.S. control of the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico, has an American president-elect so blatantly threatened the use of force to expand the country’s territorial boundaries.
—David E. Sanger, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
As president-elect and president, he’s said the statutory threshold should either be eliminated or extended but previously urged Republicans to use it as a bargaining chip under Democratic presidents.
—Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Mar. 2025
In November, a source familiar with Vance and Trump's relationship said Vance was focused on doing whatever was needed to support the president-elect and the administration.
—Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2025
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Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Not since the days of William McKinley, who engaged in the Spanish-American War in the late 19th century and ended up with U.S. control of the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico, has an American president-elect so blatantly threatened the use of force to expand the country’s territorial boundaries.
—David E. Sanger, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
As president-elect and president, he’s said the statutory threshold should either be eliminated or extended but previously urged Republicans to use it as a bargaining chip under Democratic presidents.
—Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Mar. 2025
In November, a source familiar with Vance and Trump's relationship said Vance was focused on doing whatever was needed to support the president-elect and the administration.
—Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2025
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“President-elect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/president-elect. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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