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successor
/səkˈsesər/ noun [C]Definition
› someone or something that comes after another person or thing: successor to sb/sth She has been appointed successor to the retiring chief executive. Network Rail is the successor to Railtrack and runs lines and signalling.
(Definition of successor noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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