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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
She is immediately followed by her daughter Victoire, and now her son Hélie is ninth in the line of succession.
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Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
The new prime minister supports the imperial family’s male-only succession.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
These artificial stars, moving across the sky in a quick succession, will mar astronomical observation but potentially also confuse migratory birds.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2025
That shortage of seasoned professionals has left SMEs with few viable successors or external managers, deepening today's succession and leadership crisis.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
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Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
The new prime minister supports the imperial family’s male-only succession.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
These artificial stars, moving across the sky in a quick succession, will mar astronomical observation but potentially also confuse migratory birds.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2025
That shortage of seasoned professionals has left SMEs with few viable successors or external managers, deepening today's succession and leadership crisis.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for succession
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Martin, 38, created, co-wrote and stars in Wayward, a Netflix mystery series that follows a local police officer's investigation into a local school for troubled teens in an isolated small town.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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The Jays are entering the series against the Dodgers as underdogs according to baseball experts and betting odds.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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The rapid descent of temperatures, which in some cases may reach the upper 20s, raises concerns for agriculture, property maintenance, and daily routines as winter-like conditions arrive.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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The Apollo-era lunar module was a two-part spacecraft—a descent stage that landed the astronauts on the surface, and an ascent stage, containing the crew compartment, that lifted back off, leaving the bottom half of the vehicle on the moon.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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Harrison's success follows a string of pro-athletes hailing from Middletown, like NBA Hall of Famer Jerry Lucas, legendary NFL wide receiver Cris Carter and World Series champion Kyle Schwarber.—
Victoria Moorwood,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
26 Oct. 2025
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Yet, the sudden hysteria has, conversely, inspired a string of misconceptions and wrongful self-diagnoses.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
26 Oct. 2025
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That ancient lineage somehow persisted in Europe for millennia before eventually being replaced by modern variants.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Tibetan Buddhists orally transmit tenets in a lineage from the Buddha to the present.—
Nadav Ziv,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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There’s nothing wrong with this effort by an artist to depict those tender and heroic moments after giving birth.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
23 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement These enemies of the Republic never forgot the its violent birth.—
Time,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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And Japan needs to balance relations with China, its largest economic partner, too.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
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With aunts, uncles, cousins, and other relations, my mother and I listened to the prayers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Delving into the tragic murder of Ajike Owens, a Black Florida woman, at the hands of her white neighbor Susan Lorincz, the new film from prolific documentarian Geeta Gandbhir examines issues of race, class, community, and surveillance.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 2025
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If your race is in the morning, eat a high-carbohydrate breakfast, such as a bagel or oatmeal.—
Laurel Leicht,
Health,
21 Oct. 2025
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In short, heredity advancement driven by desire.—
D. Scott Schmid,
Denver Post,
22 Sep. 2025
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Genetics and heredity define stock in some modern contexts, but for the 1930s salmon homing debate, the implications of genetic dividing lines were very different.—
Greg Uyeno,
JSTOR Daily,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Succession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/succession. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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