as in succession
a set of things or events arranged in order or considered together
The museum is having a series of events for children this summer.
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Recent Examples of series
Smollett shared the exciting news on Instagram via a series of candid and romantic pictures capturing the proposal.
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Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 23 June 2025
Reality Check is a Star series holding those with power to account and shining a light on their decisions.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2025
Israel has decimated its most powerful proxy, Hezbollah, by a series of military strikes and assassinations.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 23 June 2025
Sources told the Hollywood Reporter that Anderson and her costar ultimately took home equal pay for the series.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 23 June 2025
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Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 23 June 2025
Reality Check is a Star series holding those with power to account and shining a light on their decisions.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2025
Israel has decimated its most powerful proxy, Hezbollah, by a series of military strikes and assassinations.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 23 June 2025
Sources told the Hollywood Reporter that Anderson and her costar ultimately took home equal pay for the series.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for series
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Preserving Family Harmony and Legacy Preserving family harmony involves developing succession plans that honor both financial and sentimental value.—
Matthew F. Erskine,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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For followers of Tibetan Buddhism, the succession of the Dalai Lama is a sacred process governed by centuries of tradition.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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Unlike traditional computing, which processes information in binary sequences, quantum computing harnesses the unique properties of quantum mechanics—superposition, entanglement and tunneling—to process complex information in entirely new ways.—
Markus Pflitsch,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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In a crucial chase sequence, Bond will have to deliver two hundred packages in a Honda Civic by 7 p.m. or risk unemployment.—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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Since a string of high profile accounting scandals, including Enron, rocked markets in the early 2000s, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 materially increased the ongoing compliance and reporting burden for public companies.—
Christopher Perkins,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Shares of Moderna were down more than 30% for the year entering Monday, fueled in large part by a string of moves by the Trump administration to change vaccine policy and undermine immunizations.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
30 June 2025
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Italy has reportedly deported a first batch of people from its offshore migration detention facility in Albania, with five Egyptian nationals apparently having been taken to Cairo on a chartered flight costing €113,850 ($132,133 at time of writing).—
Frey Lindsay,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Amazon's competitor will launch the next batch of Kuiper satellites on a Falcon 9 as soon as next month.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
23 June 2025
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So unless Guerin has something unforeseen up his sleeve to add a center via trade, their best option could be in Tuesday’s opening of free agency, though the options remaining there aren’t exactly of the top-six variety.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Other varieties provide additional design elements such as interesting bark, colorful fruits, and fabulous fall foliage to enhance the garden all year long.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
27 June 2025
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The chain also announced a new Chipotle Hash Brown Wake-Up Wrap is joining the menu.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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In the latest twist, Shooter McGavin (the rival to Sandler’s Happy) gets to be the official spokesperson for the Happy Gilmore Meal, which is an actual offering going on sale at the chain later this summer.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
26 June 2025
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“Series.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/series. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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