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.
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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.
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Jesse Green,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
Browse Newsletters Unfortunately, this concatenation of errors is part of a pattern.
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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.
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Foreign Affairs,
1 Mar. 2010
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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.
—
Foreign Affairs,
1 Mar. 2010
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concatenation
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After the sequence, Plata lay on the grass and put his hands on his head in frustration.
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From here, the components are finished through a sequence of surface treatments including microblasting, sanding and black PVD coating on the baseplate while the bridges receive wet sandblasting followed by either Titalyt® or PVD treatment.
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The chain retailer also has locations at Arden Fair and Westfield Galleria at Roseville.
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The Viva Wyndham Dominicus Palace, part of the same chain, did not sustain any damage.
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Warning posters frequently line train stations and public buildings in Japan.
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Commuters on trains and cars alike should prepare for a difficult ride home on Monday evening as severe weather, a gridlock warning and a partial Penn Station shutdown will take place during peak hours.
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Investigators in Stockton are looking for clues and suspects in the Wednesday burglaries, which have become the latest incidents in a string of Pokémon card thefts across the country.
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Mary The Widow, directed by Ryan Noufer, follows an aging widow who, at her daughter’s insistence, attends a speed-dating event — where, among a string of dud dates, one gentle stranger lingers in her mind.
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“Concatenation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concatenation. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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