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as in series
a series of things, people, events, or actions arranged or happening one after another
He experienced a succession of car repairs that set him back thousands of dollars.
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as in descent
the order of people in a family
The prince is third in the line of succession to the throne.
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Recent Examples of succession
Gradually, a succession of architects has eked out some fresh square footage here and there, discovering unused bits of space but never building up or down or out.
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 4 May 2026
What does the line of succession look like in a QB room with Will Howard, Mason Rudolph, and now Drew Allar?
—Mike Defabo, New York Times, 4 May 2026
Both Eugenie and Beatrice have retained their titles and their places in the line of succession.
—Katie Kindelan, ABC News, 4 May 2026
The issue is the lack of succession planning and execution.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 4 May 2026
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 4 May 2026
What does the line of succession look like in a QB room with Will Howard, Mason Rudolph, and now Drew Allar?
—Mike Defabo, New York Times, 4 May 2026
Both Eugenie and Beatrice have retained their titles and their places in the line of succession.
—Katie Kindelan, ABC News, 4 May 2026
The issue is the lack of succession planning and execution.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 4 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for succession
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Richards will be activated ahead of Friday’s series opener against the Seattle Mariners at Rate Field, Venable said, and the Sox will make a corresponding move.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2026
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The stabbing of two men in a Jewish neighborhood in London appears to be the latest in a series of antisemitic attacks in the United Kingdom since the beginning of the American-Israeli war against Iran, in late February.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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Stark, having been elected governor and already well along in his fateful descent from an idealistic man of the people to an entirely corrupt megalomaniac, is on the way to visit his childhood home.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
12 May 2026
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The Cudi tour moment felt like a dam breaking, underscoring a years-long public descent into the darker corners of conspiracy theorizing, through which her positioning relative to a revolutionary ethic has dramatically changed.—
Sheldon Pearce,
NPR,
9 May 2026
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The killing of Sarvarov, in Moscow, was one of a string of similar attacks.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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Her appearance back in her home country comes just days after concluding the European string of shows at the O2 Arena in London.—
Mykenna Maniece,
Vogue,
8 May 2026
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The Eta Aquarids have a most interesting lineage.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
4 May 2026
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For their first album in seven years, American Football look to a lineage of mortality-haunted, late-era landmarks.—
Sam Sodomsky,
Pitchfork,
4 May 2026
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The findings suggest whales, like humans, cooperate during birth—something that had never been documented in detail before.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
10 May 2026
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To those of you who gave birth but are derelict in the caring love and responsibility involved and fail by example to earn the holiday, try harder.—
Greg Cote
May 10,
Miami Herald,
10 May 2026
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Political figures within Iran criticized the idea of handing over the supreme leader’s title based on heredity and thereby creating a clerical version of the rule of the shah, who was toppled during the 1979 Islamic Revolution.—
Jon Gambrell,
Fortune,
9 Mar. 2026
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These two features have led to the suggestion that early life was protein-free, with RNA handling both heredity and catalyzing a simple metabolism.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
13 Feb. 2026
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Magyar vows to restore democratic institutions, investigate alleged corruption under Orbán, repair relations with the European Union and reduce Hungarian dependency on Russia.—
Justin Spike,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
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After the papal audience, Fils-Aimé met with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, and Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the secretary for relations with states and international organizations.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
9 May 2026
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“Succession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/succession. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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