as in outcome
a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause
higher prices are a logical sequel to higher costs for manufacturers
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Recent Examples of sequel
Among Infiniti’s upcoming projects is playing Agnes in 2026’s The Testaments, a sequel to Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale adaptation.
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Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
The sequels will follow on from the Peaky Blinders movie, which is currently in post-production and is expected to be released next year.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
But for the most part, college football coaching sequels rarely end well.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
MGM‘s Highlander is a reboot of the 1986 classic about immortal warriors, which starred Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery, and led to sequels as well as a TV series.
—Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
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Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
The sequels will follow on from the Peaky Blinders movie, which is currently in post-production and is expected to be released next year.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
But for the most part, college football coaching sequels rarely end well.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
MGM‘s Highlander is a reboot of the 1986 classic about immortal warriors, which starred Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery, and led to sequels as well as a TV series.
—Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sequel
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The comedically top-heavy sausages, which can easily topple forwards into the dirt, temporarily take center stage as the baseball players gaze on in amusement from their dugouts, sometimes wagering on the outcome.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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The film benefits from its avoidance of a too-tidy, sentimental outcome, even if some in the audience might be left craving one.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Restoring trust means delivering results, not excuses, through mandatory ethics training for all city staff to ensure accountability.—
Miami Herald Staff,
Miami Herald,
8 Oct. 2025
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In fact, those reforms, though still in their early stages, were yielding impressive results.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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Moyes and assistant McKinlay both remonstrated with the fourth official at the resultant flash of a yellow card.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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The resultant program or app is established without any need for understanding computer programming.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Whether that fluctuating dynamic between coach and players should have any lasting consequences is a matter for United’s board and owners which, as Amorim referenced in his pre-match press conference, includes the Glazers as well as Ratcliffe.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Doing so could lead to serious consequences, including years in prison, according to Steve Levin, a University of Maryland Carey School of Law professor.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Getting in good positions but lacking the necessary telepathy with his new team mates, meaning his usual big end product figures (10 goals and six assists in 25 Bundesliga league appearances last season) aren’t there.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Speaking from inside the Jacksonville stadium — and inside a room with poster renderings of the finished product in 2028 — Chiefs team president Mark Donovan said Monday the organization is taking the next step toward establishing its future home.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Sequel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequel. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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