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as in series
a series of things, people, events, or actions arranged or happening one after another
He experienced a succession of car repairs that set him back thousands of dollars.
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as in descent
the order of people in a family
The prince is third in the line of succession to the throne.
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Recent Examples of succession
The alternative — having three CEOs in as many years — likely could have sparked deeper investor panic over succession planning and the company’s turnaround efforts, which Freixe had championed.
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Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025
And while Wings went through a succession of different lineups over the years, the reasoning for members leaving is touched upon but only somewhat satisfactorily.
—Caleb Hammond, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
Have succession plans been made?
—Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
As this newsletter has highlighted in the past, getting succession right isn’t easy in the best of circumstances.
—Peter Vanham, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
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Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025
And while Wings went through a succession of different lineups over the years, the reasoning for members leaving is touched upon but only somewhat satisfactorily.
—Caleb Hammond, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
Have succession plans been made?
—Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
As this newsletter has highlighted in the past, getting succession right isn’t easy in the best of circumstances.
—Peter Vanham, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for succession
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Similar complaints were made in the 1990s and 2000s building boom that led to a series of functional stadia springing up across the UK, usually complete with bare breeze block walls that gave a pre-match pint on the concourse all the appeal of an evening spent down the local multi-story car park.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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That's why, for example, the US government has funded a series of Landsat satellites since 1972 to create an uninterrupted data catalog illustrating changes in global land use.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
6 Sep. 2025
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With the head of the Demon Corps in danger, Tanjiro and the Hashira rush to the headquarters but are plunged into a deep descent to a mysterious space by the hands of Muzan Kibutsuji.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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For Watermelon Pictures founders Hamza and Badie Ali, both of Palestinian descent, that political message is inseparable from their company’s mission.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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One player dominating gets tedious very quickly; so does a string of one-time winners.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Sanders battled against Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett and fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel in training camp and preseason and was ultimately named the Browns' third-string quarterback.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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The Studio, of course, comes from a lineage of showbiz comedies that asked celebrities to play themselves.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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As her estranged father feeds the fetus victims to ensure its birth, the couple is forced to confront a terrifying legacy of betrayal, twisted faith, and demonic lineage.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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The film very loosely adapts one tale from the lore of the titular Chinese protection deity, an eccentric-looking boy warrior of mystical, demonic birth.—
Derek Robertson,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Jackson, on Thursday and in her book, credited much of her accomplishments to her birth into a post-Civil Rights America and to the support system that carried her through it.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Sep. 2025
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As for Cohen’s next novel, Beautiful Losers, which was set in an apartment in Montreal as a bereaved and lust‑tormented narrator reconstructs his relations with the dead, there was a sharp divide of opinion internally at Viking.—
Paul Slovak
September 8,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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Song Seok-ha, 67, who has been protesting every day for five years near the US Embassy in Seoul to call for a stronger US-South Korea alliance, was concerned about long-term damage to relations.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Senate election will mark Jenkins’ first statewide race at a time when Florida Democrats have struggled to show a pulse, and after the last Democratic Senate candidate, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, lost by almost 13 points.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Kraft has received a few notable endorsements, most recently former city councilor Annissa Essaibi George, who was the runner-up to Wu in the 2021 race.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
10 Sep. 2025
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Genetics and heredity define stock in some modern contexts, but for the 1930s salmon homing debate, the implications of genetic dividing lines were very different.—
Greg Uyeno,
JSTOR Daily,
27 Aug. 2025
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No singular cause has been identified for most causes of ALS, with some research into factors that may be linked, such as heredity, environmental exposures, and diet, among others.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 July 2025
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“Succession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/succession. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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