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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
The Apple succession news caught Hollywood and the rest of the business world by surprise on Monday.
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Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
Here are three reasons why Apple’s CEO handoff from Cook to Ternus reflects a model succession process, with the company’s best days still ahead.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
The icing on the succession cake?
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
Prince William, 43, was born in the direct line of succession to the throne following his father, now called King Charles, and grew up sharing a special relationship with his grandmother, who helped mold him as a future king.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
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Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
Here are three reasons why Apple’s CEO handoff from Cook to Ternus reflects a model succession process, with the company’s best days still ahead.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
The icing on the succession cake?
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
Prince William, 43, was born in the direct line of succession to the throne following his father, now called King Charles, and grew up sharing a special relationship with his grandmother, who helped mold him as a future king.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for succession
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The 2-0 series lead for LA gives the Lakers the luxury of being able to be patient with their missing scorers.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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The status of Chun's contract renewal has become a topic of uncertainty after a Fox News Digital investigative series into Yale's athletic department under her leadership.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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In 1943, the United States government administered a questionnaire to people of Japanese descent who had been confined to wartime concentration camps in California, Idaho, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and Arkansas.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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All of these Les Lalanne pieces belong to the collection of Jean and Terry de Gunzburg — Jean is a Canadian of French aristocratic descent and a Bronfman of the Seagram’s empire; Terry was the creative director of YSL beauty.—
David Lê,
Curbed,
20 Apr. 2026
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Robinson told the Pioneer Press that a similar crime pattern has been happening concurrently in the neighboring communities of Winnetka and Skokie, which reported a string of overnight car burglaries just last month.—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Still, the past decade has seen a string of new-agey boutique hotels populating the seaside town’s western shores, signaling a new awakening for this slice of France’s western coastline.—
Monica Mendal,
Vogue,
24 Apr. 2026
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Cocaine picks up in the city’s historic lineage right around the time Tammany Hall ends.—
Elise Taylor,
Vanity Fair,
22 Apr. 2026
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Przewalski's horses are known as the last surviving lineage of true wild horses.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Her winning photo shows a young woman who gave birth the previous day.—
Kamala Thiagarajan,
NPR,
26 Apr. 2026
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Before anybody could analyze what had happened, Ferdinand, carrying a jockey who probably never weighed 100 pounds in his career — thanks to the birth advantage Downey so aptly pointed out years later — was cruising past the leaders and sailing home a winner.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 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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But, of course, thousands of American companies had trade and relations with China.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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Armenia has enjoyed warm relations with Iran in recent years, with Tehran backing Armenia to counterbalance Jerusalem’s backing of Azerbaijan.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Succession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/succession. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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