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
The Braves went 3-0-1 in the first four series of the season.
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Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Katie Crouch says calling her state's Medicaid agency to get information about her benefits can feel like a series of dead ends.
—Sam Whitehead, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
The microdrama streaming app and MediaCo, the current owner of the long-running tabloid, have inked a production deal to adapt stories from the Enquirer archives as vertical series, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026
Last month, Netflix unveiled a first-look teaser for the fifth season of the series, which is based on Julia Quinn’s romance novels about the love lives of the eight siblings in the titular Bridgerton family, and announced production had begun in the UK on the eight-episode season.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
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Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Katie Crouch says calling her state's Medicaid agency to get information about her benefits can feel like a series of dead ends.
—Sam Whitehead, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
The microdrama streaming app and MediaCo, the current owner of the long-running tabloid, have inked a production deal to adapt stories from the Enquirer archives as vertical series, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026
Last month, Netflix unveiled a first-look teaser for the fifth season of the series, which is based on Julia Quinn’s romance novels about the love lives of the eight siblings in the titular Bridgerton family, and announced production had begun in the UK on the eight-episode season.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for series
Noun
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Since reaching his mid-thirties, the topic of Neuer’s succession has been on steady play in the German media.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Contrast that with the Phillies, who deployed a set succession of relievers to secure a win on Monday.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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These could be arranged into longer, songlike sequences that played automatically.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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There is one particularly inventive sequence that blends a rendering of Mario in his original 2D 8-bit form, blurry pixels and all, with the 3D beauty of the more modern iterations.—
Lindsey Bahr,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Ray Suen rounds out the sound with string arrangements performed on violin and viola.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
3 Apr. 2026
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Detectives also recovered a pillow with burn marks and string, which investigators believe may have been used as a makeshift silencer, the report states.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
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Once a week Cámara meal preps breakfasts by making a large pot of beans and a batch of tortillas on the infrared dual griddle built into her stove.—
Kate Kassin,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
9 Apr. 2026
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Authorities say Sangha sold about 50 vials of ketamine to Perry for $11,000 — including the batch that led to his October 2023 death at 54.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Idaho adults pay about $145 for a sportsman’s package that includes fishing and hunting licenses and a variety of tags for species including deer, elk, bear, mountain lion and wolf.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Apr. 2026
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For the April 7 Missouri local elections, governments around the Kansas City area are asking their voters to pay for city services in a variety of ways.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2026
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Set the scene The latest ultra-luxury hotel chain to land in Greece, and the newest milestone in the ritzy revival of the Athenian Riviera.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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Through a red chain-link curtain is a back room containing the likes of Screw, Al Goldstein’s erotic tabloid from the sixties and seventies.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Series.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/series. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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