Definitions for designated survivor
des·ig·nat·ed sur·vivor

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1. designated survivornoun

   A member of the United States Cabinet who stays at a physically distant, secure, and undisclosed location when the President and the country's other top leaders are gathered at a single location.

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1. Designated survivor

   In the United States, a designated survivor (or designated successor) is a named individual in the presidential line of succession, chosen to stay at an undisclosed secure location, away from events such as State of the Union addresses and presidential inaugurations. The practice of designating a successor is intended to prevent a hypothetical decapitation of the government and to safeguard continuity in the office of the president in the event the president along with the vice president and multiple other officials in the presidential line of succession die in a mass-casualty incident. The procedure originated in the 1950s during the Cold War with its risk of nuclear attack. If such an event occurred, the surviving official highest in the line of succession as delineated in the Presidential Succession Act of 1947, possibly the designated survivor, would become Acting President of the United States. The individual named as a designated survivor must be eligible to serve as president to ensure that the individual is able to provide continuity in government. In practice, the designated survivor is usually a member of the president's Cabinet, and is chosen by the president. Being assigned as the designated survivor does not guarantee that this official will be the person to assume the presidency in such a situation. For the 2010 State of the Union Address, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan was the designated survivor. However, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was also absent from the address due to a conference in London; had a calamity occurred, Clinton, not Donovan, would have become Acting President as her office is higher in the line of succession.Congress also designates members of the Senate and House, one from each party to become their own "designated survivor" to maintain the existence of Congress in the event of a mass-casualty event.

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1. Designated survivor

   A designated survivor is a member of the United States Cabinet who is appointed to be at a physically distant, secure, and undisclosed location when the President and the country's other top leaders are gathered at a single location, such as during State of the Union addresses and presidential inaugurations. This is intended to maintain continuity of government in the event of a catastrophic occurrence which kills many officials in the presidential line of succession. Were such an event to occur, killing both the President and Vice President, the surviving official highest in the line, possibly the designated survivor, would become the Acting President of the United States under the Presidential Succession Act.

How to pronounce designated survivor?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of designated survivor in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of designated survivor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of designated survivor in a Sentence

1. Kiefer Sutherland:

   I was shooting the television show' Designated Survivor,' we shot that for three seasons in Toronto, almost 10 months a year, i was walking down Bloor Street and I came up on Yonge Street, and I realized that I was looking at the four corners that kind of represented my youth.

2. Panfilo Lacson:

   I filed the bill on designated survivor because the constitution's provision is lacking.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Designated_Survivor
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Designated_Survivor
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=designated survivor