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
But though Gus could still ramble and meander, the new writing didn’t become anything more than a concatenation of details.
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Literary Hub,
20 Feb. 2026
Smoke & Dough in Miami’s West Kendall neighborhood takes its very name from the empanadas’ two prime ingredients, and the shop is a literal concatenation of the two concepts.
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Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
10 Feb. 2026
According to the press release shared with Interesting Engineering, the key to elevator codes is code concatenation.
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Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Jan. 2026
For a full minute, the quiet concatenation gurgles along, accumulating extra notes and flourishes, suggesting an eventual kosmische surge.
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Dash Lewis,
Pitchfork,
20 Dec. 2025
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Literary Hub,
20 Feb. 2026
Smoke & Dough in Miami’s West Kendall neighborhood takes its very name from the empanadas’ two prime ingredients, and the shop is a literal concatenation of the two concepts.
—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
10 Feb. 2026
According to the press release shared with Interesting Engineering, the key to elevator codes is code concatenation.
—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Jan. 2026
For a full minute, the quiet concatenation gurgles along, accumulating extra notes and flourishes, suggesting an eventual kosmische surge.
—
Dash Lewis,
Pitchfork,
20 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for concatenation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concatenation
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Pete Crow-Armstrong and Bregman both tagged and advanced on the sequence, putting runners on second and third for Suzuki.
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The companies getting this right ensure that marketing, R&D and operations work from the same consumer truth at the same time so that what consumers need and what the business can brilliantly deliver are answered together, not in sequence.
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His cuffs and chains were removed and a few minutes later he was pronounced dead, according to the family.
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The federal government is suing 99 Ranch Market, alleging the nation’s largest Asian supermarket chain is discriminating against employees who are not Chinese.
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They are already used in technologies such as quantum computers, MRI scanners, fusion reactors, and maglev trains.
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And one of the state’s two railroads, the White Pass & Yukon Route, has recently been named one of the most beautiful train journeys in North America.
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Previous versions of the FDA’s panel on drug compounding — the group that will meet next month — have voted against a string of peptide ingredients brought forward by compounding pharmacies, declaring all of them too risky to be offered to patients.
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Doyle allegedly pocketed most of the proceeds while feeding Matthiesen a string of false explanations about why payment had never arrived.
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“Concatenation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concatenation. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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