vice president
Americannoun
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an officer next in rank to a president who serves as president in the president's absence.
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an officer next in rank to a president who serves as a deputy to the president or oversees a special division or function.
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U.S. Government. the officer of this rank who is elected at the same time as the president and who succeeds to the presidency upon the resignation, removal, death, or disability of the president.
Lincoln's first vice president was Hannibal Hamlin.
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Usage
Why is the term vice president in the news? On August 11, 2020, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden announced he selected California Senator Kamala Harris as his vice-presidential running mate for the 2020 presidential election.
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Origin of vice president
First recorded in 1565–75
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"We will have a quantum machine in 2029 that can solve commercially viable, reasonable problems", said Zulfi Alam, corporate vice president of Microsoft Quantum.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Leah Belsky, OpenAI’s vice president of education, said the tool “is intentionally designed to slow students down at the right moments and keep them engaged in the thinking.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
“It’s shifting the whole world,” Owen Lamont, senior vice president and portfolio manager at Acadian Asset Management, said of the AI trade.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
Zach Sokoloff is a senior vice president for asset management at Hackman Capital Partners, a real estate investment firm.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
At the time, she was the executive vice president at a real-estate firm and a trustee at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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