The word "successors" is correct and usable in written English
It is a noun that refers to a person or a group of people that take over a position, responsibility, etc. from another person. It can be used both in formal and informal contexts. Example sentence: "The new team of successors took over the company's operations after the founder retired."
In the third chapter of his History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon gave two reasons why the slavery into which the Romans had tumbled under Augustus and his successors left them more wretched than any previous human slavery.
Of the leftist and liberal politicians who were expected to profit from Mubarak's overthrow three years ago, only a handful – including ElBaradei – have stuck to their principles by criticising both Morsi and his successors.
On the face of it, high-profile victims include Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg, whose Sheffield seat takes in a chunk of Labour-held Penistone & Stocksbridge, and two of his potential successors: Vince Cable's Twickenham seat is split, as is party president Tim Farron's Cumbrian stronghold.
Alex Salmond, the Scottish first minister, highlighted the significance of the monarchy when he moved on Sunday to reassure traditionalists when he said the "Queen and her successors" would remain as head of state in an independent Scotland.
One of his successors, José Maria Marin, was among those arrested last week.
Within this context, and with 58% of respondents from our survey of more than 100 leaders in the NHS having little or no confidence that they have successors in place for medical leadership roles, surely it's time to think differently about how we manage medical leadership talent?
Let us hope that its Russian successors do not prove to be its undoing.
Clegg, one of his successors, said: "Charles's untimely death robs Britain of one of the most gifted politicians of his generation.
Hogg nominates his various career highlights and touches on a couple of significant challenges for his successors in the Senate.
Asked in a Q&A in 2009, if Nick Clegg had disappointed him as leader of the Liberal Democrats, Kennedy responded with typical grace: I think that former leaders are best seen occasionally and not too often heard – particularly on the subject of their successors.
And, as the large-scale malpractices of police undercover units have driven home in the past couple of years, their successors are still at it today.
