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as in process
forward movement in time or place
watched the constant procession of cars headed out of the city at the start of the weekend
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Recent Examples of procession
The event features live performances, Catrina face painting, contests, local art installations and a ceremonial procession through downtown.
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Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
Plus, there will be workshops, two processions, altar displays, and Muertos Mercado (an artisan market).
—Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
This year’s procession will include Aztec dancers, catrina contest winners and Old Town park staff in 1800s period attire.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2025
Suzie Smith’s body was flown Sunday from Sacramento to Red Bluff where a waiting procession took her the final miles to Palo Cedro.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
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Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
Plus, there will be workshops, two processions, altar displays, and Muertos Mercado (an artisan market).
—Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
This year’s procession will include Aztec dancers, catrina contest winners and Old Town park staff in 1800s period attire.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2025
Suzie Smith’s body was flown Sunday from Sacramento to Red Bluff where a waiting procession took her the final miles to Palo Cedro.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for procession
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Parade, which features 11 floats, more than 30 Disney characters, and around 100 performers, making this the biggest-ever parade at the park.—
Megan duBois,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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The Type 100 tank, revealed at the Victory Day parade in Beijing, is a departure from traditional armored vehicle design.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Beyond installing coils or rails, the process requires road resurfacing, upgraded power lines, and new grid interface points.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Lecholop acknowledged that the key feature of the process is removing a board elected by the community and replacing it with one hand-picked by Morath.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Nov. 2025
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Over time, this can promote autoimmune disorders, contribute to disease progression and decrease longevity.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Combining recent anti-amyloid medications with physical activity, for example, could be a way to hold off progression of Alzheimer’s.—
Alice Park,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
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But even incremental progress would mark a break from a status quo that shields the powerful while leaving the rest behind.—
Newsweek Contributors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Are rising rents and deepening exclusion the inevitable byproducts of progress, or the deliberate outcomes of political choices?—
Fahad Zuberi,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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The stock has declined about 11% this year, trailing a nearly 17% advance by the S&P 500 Index.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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The programs in the series were created in a collaboration with performance artists, and resulted in a group of surreal experimental works that pushed the boundaries of sound and narrative well in advance of the digital era.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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Achieving quick, consistent self-assembly in solution without evaporation has remained a significant difficulty, despite advancements in block copolymer templating, metal alkoxide chemistry, and nanomaterials.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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The designers also wanted to pay homage to the technology that makes an advancement like this possible.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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While driving activists between cities, Liuzzo was killed by members of the Ku Klux Klan after the march.—
Dana Afana,
Freep.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Our dream of going back to the moon and onto Mars and more distant worlds—not least to ensure our species’ survival before the sun flames out and engulfs most of the solar system—can be seen as just one more step in evolution’s long march.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Procession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/procession. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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