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concatenation

noun

(ˌ)kän-ˌka-tə-ˈnā-shən

Definition of concatenation

as in sequence

a series of things linked together a complicated concatenation of events leading to the freak accident

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Recent Examples of concatenation The great mystery of Flashlight isn’t so much what happened as why, the concatenation of secrets, silences, and unlikely geopolitical inputs that leads to a family’s dissolution. — Sam Worley, Vulture, 2 June 2025 Though there are many hundreds of songs in the catalog, compilers must pick from the same limited subset of favorites, arranging them in various concatenations and outcroppings. — Jesse Green, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025 Browse Newsletters Unfortunately, this concatenation of errors is part of a pattern. — Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2024 It is presented as a curious concatenation of summits and negotiations, alliances and clients, spies and border posts, ideological dogmas and underground resistance, and a combination of arcane theories about deterrence and some nasty actual wars. — Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2010 See All Example Sentences for concatenation

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This sequence should also be followed at the pitch-side monitor, but sometimes the VAR cuts straight to slow motion replays in the interests of speed.

— Graham Scott, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The incident closely paralleled the sequence of events that in July resulted in another group of OpenAI’s agents launching cyberattacks against the company Hugging Face.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of sequence

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Niihau is the seventh-largest island in the Hawaiian Island chain, but the smallest populated island, according to the Niihau Cultural Heritage Foundation.

— Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2026
In animals, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) inside the muscle supplies most of the mechanical energy, while an electrical impulse travels along a motor neuron and triggers a chain of events that causes skeletal muscle fibers to contract.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2026

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While attacks on trains have become more frequent and passengers are often evacuated on their journeys, rail remains a popular way to travel between the cities.

— Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026
Michel Navas and Enrico Barbasini, the founders of La Fabrique du Temps, created a new jumping hour complication inspired by the mechanical departure boards found in airports and train stations the world over.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2026

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