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 questionable nature of his death provokes a swirl of memories related to the captain and his possibly unfaithful wife, Corinne (for Georges an object of erotic obsession), but the concatenation of scenes is not investigative so much as intuitive.
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Sam Sacks, WSJ, 29 July 2022
What follows is an overlong concatenation of OK set pieces featuring oodles of predictable globe-hopping derring-do.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2023
This concatenation of adverse events has prompted comparisons to the nineteen-seventies, when an oil-price shock combined with domestic price pressures led to stagflation and recession.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022
Most computer voice programs use a library of syllables and words to construct sentences, something called concatenation synthesis.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 8 Jan. 2018
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Sam Sacks, WSJ, 29 July 2022
What follows is an overlong concatenation of OK set pieces featuring oodles of predictable globe-hopping derring-do.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2023
This concatenation of adverse events has prompted comparisons to the nineteen-seventies, when an oil-price shock combined with domestic price pressures led to stagflation and recession.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022
Most computer voice programs use a library of syllables and words to construct sentences, something called concatenation synthesis.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 8 Jan. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concatenation
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Okay, wait, after a very long double and triple-crossing sequence…Emily is arrested?—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
26 Apr. 2025
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Exterior scenes were filmed at Swansea's Guildhall, where Ford Crown police cars were staged outside, while the interior of Cardiff's Pierhead Building was also utilized for key sequences, TimeOut reported.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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Rabbi Anne wears a keepsake from her grandfather — a metal thimble that dangles from a silver chain around her neck.—
Hollace Ava Weiner,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Apr. 2025
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Bhattacharya explained further that the data platform would also link the data from real world sources such as pharmacy chains, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Indian Health Service and fitness trackers and smart watches.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2025
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Fans still go crazy for Braun Strowman’s running train attack.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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The vast majority of those from San Diego were sent by train to the Santa Anita racetrack in Los Angeles County, a holding place for thousands being relocated from around Southern California.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Apr. 2025
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Several aircraft disasters rock nation The crash in Nebraska was the latest in a string of accidents that have put a spotlight on the aviation industry.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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The case is the latest in a string of espionage probes as Taiwan seeks to intensify counterintelligence operations.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Concatenation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concatenation. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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