incumbent on
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If we want to give ourselves the best chance to remain employable in the distant future, it will be incumbent on us to help companies see our potential for jobs we’ve never done before.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
However, those coalitions will be tested in a presidential election without the incumbent on the ballot, a moment that is growing closer every day.
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2026
Brown, a former UK prime minister, said: "It's also incumbent on us to ensure that Nigerian schools are safe spaces for learning, not spaces where children can be plucked from their classroom for criminal profit."
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2025
“It’s incumbent on every single one of us to put our best foot forward,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 20, 2025
He would have felt it incumbent on him to supply his granddaughter with clothes if she were indecently clad or if she were ragged or cold, but not to marry in.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
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