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  • 11Office and Professional Employees International Union — OPEIU Full name Office and Professional Employees International Union Founded 1945 Members 110,416 Country United States, Canada …

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  • 12incumbent — 1. adjective a) imposed on someone as an obligation, especially due to ones office Proper behavior is incumbent on all holders of positions of trust. b) resting on something else If the incumbent senator dies, he is replaced by a person appointed …

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  • 13Incumbent (ecclesiastical) — The incumbent of a benefice, usually the parish priest, in Anglican canon law holds the temporalities or assets and income. The incumbent has legal possession of the church and glebe for the term of his office, but shares with the churchwardens… …

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  • 14incumbent — in•cum•bent [[t]ɪnˈkʌm bənt[/t]] adj. 1) gov currently holding an indicated office: the incumbent president[/ex] 2) obligatory: a duty incumbent upon me[/ex] 3) resting, lying, or pressing on something 4) gov the holder of an office or an… …

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  • 15incumbent — /ɪnˈkʌmbənt / (say in kumbuhnt) adjective 1. resting on one; obligatory: a duty incumbent upon me. 2. lying, leaning, or pressing on something: incumbent posture. 3. holding an office at a particular time: the incumbent member. –noun 4. the… …

  • 16incumbent — 1 noun (C) formal 1 someone in an official position, especially a political one: Castillo was to be the new incumbent at the City Controller s office. 2 a priest who is in charge of a church 2 adjective formal 1 it is incumbent upon sb to do sth… …

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  • 17incumbent — {{11}}incumbent (adj.) 1560s, in relation to duties or obligations, from L. incumbentem (nom. incumbens), prp. of incumbere (see INCUMBENT (Cf. incumbent) (n.)). The literal, physical sense is rare in English and first attested 1620s.… …

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  • 18Office of the First Lady of the United States — First Lady of the United States Incumbent Michelle Obama since&#1 …

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  • 19Office of Naval Intelligence — For the fictional military agency in the Halo videogame series, see Factions of Halo#Military. The Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) was established in the United States Navy in 1882. ONI was established to seek out and report on the… …

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  • 20incumbent — 1. adjective 1) it is incumbent on you to tell them Syn: necessary for one to, essential that, required that, imperative that; compulsory for one to, binding on one to, mandatory that 2) the incumbent president Syn: current, present …

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