| possible successor | 19.42 | Possible Chinese successors. | ||
| potential successor | 8.36 | A look at the potential successors. | ||
| likely successor | 7.31 | His likely successor is M. Douglas Ivester. | ||
| main successor | 3.62 | The FSB is the main successor to the Soviet KGB. | ||
| permanent successor | 2.96 | No permanent successor has been named. | ||
| designated successor | 2.76 | Her designated successors agree. | ||
| obvious successor | 2.37 | There is no obvious successor. | ||
| worthy successor | 2.37 | Was McGill a worthy successor? | ||
| clear successor | 2.24 | The general left no clear successor. | ||
| would-be successor | 1.97 | So is his would-be successor, Bob Dole. | ||
| hand-picked successor | 1.78 | Aristide was succeeded by his hand-picked successor, Preval. | ||
| chosen successor | 1.51 | Lukwiya was his chosen successor. | ||
| handpicked successor | 1.38 | There have been other handpicked successors who did not fare so well. | ||
| natural successor | 1.32 | There was no natural successor to the Archon. | ||
| eventual successor | 1.18 | The eventual successor to Sihanouk remains unclear. | ||
| preferred successor | 1.18 | Ferguson has also anointed her as his preferred successor. | ||
| elected successor | 1.12 | The president wished his newly elected successor well. | ||
| interim successor | 1.05 | Congress named Fabian Alarcon as his interim successor. | ||
| immediate successor | 0.79 | No immediate successor was announced. | ||
| republican successor | 0.66 | He said he had no idea if his Republican successor, Dennis Vacco, would continue the effort. |