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How to pronounce incumbency in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms tenure, term of office
Type of term
Has types vice-presidential term, episcopate, presidency, presidential term, vice-presidency, administration
Derivation incumbent
Type Words
Type of responsibility, obligation, duty
Type Words
Type of spot, berth, billet, office, place, position, post, situation
Derivation incumbent

Examples of incumbency

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First, I figured the anti-incumbency mood of the electorate would help Corrigan.
From the stltoday.com
Clearly the Democrats are more in tune with the nation's mood of anti-incumbency.
From the time.com
The situation allowed Obama to display his command of the levers of incumbency.
From the latimes.com
By the turn of the 20th century the era of incumbency was coming into full swing.
From the en.wikipedia.org
After all, could it be any clearer that the anti-incumbency movement is a failure?
From the infowars.com
Incumbency is normally a fairly powerful advantage in Congressional elections.
From the fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com
Obama remains in the buffer zone where his incumbency advantage could outweigh it.
From the fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com
The incumbency offers great conveniences and advantages in a presidential contest.
From the time.com
Let us eliminate the Carter incompetency by eliminating the Carter incumbency.
From the time.com
More examples
  • Tenure: the term during which some position is held
  • A duty that is incumbent upon you
  • The office of an incumbent
  • The state of being incumbent
  • (incumbents) members who were already in office, won reelection
  • The sphere of action or period of office of an elected official.