as in following
being the one that comes immediately after another
my house is the next one turn at the next street, not this one she was next in line for concert tickets
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Relevance
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as in then
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Examples of next in a Sentence
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2024
Be sure to bookmark this page and add these labels to your fashion vocabulary before your next shopping rendezvous.
—Alexis Bennett Parker, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2024
Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2024
Meanwhile, the Chiefs will next face the Begans on Sept. 15.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2024
Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2024
Set yourself up for a summer full of blooms next year.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2024
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Adjective
Increases in those provider rates have been slowly phased in over time, with the next bump slated for January.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2024
Be sure to bookmark this page and add these labels to your fashion vocabulary before your next shopping rendezvous.
—Alexis Bennett Parker, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2024
Adverb
Up next, Pierre has reunited with Jenkins for the title voice role in Disney's Mufasa: The Lion King, and been tapped as one of the newest members of the starry cast of The Morning Show season 4.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2024
Meanwhile, the Chiefs will next face the Begans on Sept. 15.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2024
Preposition
The Power To Change Your Story in English and in Spanish versions next year.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2024
Set yourself up for a summer full of blooms next year.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Next.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/next. Accessed 14 Sep. 2024.
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