“Incumbent” as “current”. Usage and its etymology
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Empirical research on neighborhood change, however, has produced no conclusive evidence that incumbent residents are in fact displaced under circumstances of gentrification. (source)
This is because I value incumbent residents and future residents equally. (source)
I have seen the term "incumbent resident" used to mean "current resident" in several places, most of them academic papers. However, dictionaries define the adjective incumbent as "currently holding office", which doesn't seem to apply here. Is this a correct usage? What is the etymology behind this usage?
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Empirical research on neighborhood change, however, has produced no conclusive evidence that incumbent residents are in fact displaced under circumstances of gentrification. (source)
This is because I value incumbent residents and future residents equally. (source)
I have seen the term "incumbent resident" used to mean "current resident" in several places, most of them academic papers. However, dictionaries define the adjective incumbent as "currently holding office", which doesn't seem to apply here. Is this a correct usage? What is the etymology behind this usage?
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Empirical research on neighborhood change, however, has produced no conclusive evidence that incumbent residents are in fact displaced under circumstances of gentrification. (source)
This is because I value incumbent residents and future residents equally. (source)
I have seen the term "incumbent resident" used to mean "current resident" in several places, most of them academic papers. However, dictionaries define the adjective incumbent as "currently holding office", which doesn't seem to apply here. Is this a correct usage? What is the etymology behind this usage?
word-usage etymology adjectives
Empirical research on neighborhood change, however, has produced no conclusive evidence that incumbent residents are in fact displaced under circumstances of gentrification. (source)
This is because I value incumbent residents and future residents equally. (source)
I have seen the term "incumbent resident" used to mean "current resident" in several places, most of them academic papers. However, dictionaries define the adjective incumbent as "currently holding office", which doesn't seem to apply here. Is this a correct usage? What is the etymology behind this usage?
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