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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
There are a few potential scenarios, and a lot will depend on what succession plans Jalisco New Generation had in the event of Oseguera Cervantes’ capture or killing.
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Angélica Durán-Martínez, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2026
Still, a succession struggle inside the cartel has begun, with regional commanders battling for power and control.
—CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
But when Kevin Huerter and Nikola Vučević were dealt in quick succession two days before the deadline, White felt the shift coming.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
The speaker is also the second in line of succession should the president and vice president become unable to serve in office.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
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Angélica Durán-Martínez, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2026
Still, a succession struggle inside the cartel has begun, with regional commanders battling for power and control.
—CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
But when Kevin Huerter and Nikola Vučević were dealt in quick succession two days before the deadline, White felt the shift coming.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
The speaker is also the second in line of succession should the president and vice president become unable to serve in office.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for succession
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The Grizzlies got the lead down to 12 points in the third, but a series of cuts and offensive rebounds by Santos and Richard pushed the advantage back to 20 points at the end of three quarters.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Twenty-one days later, Vegas ended the season series between the teams with a 6-4 win that featured five goals from the visitors in the last 12 minutes.—
Josh Gross,
Daily News,
26 Feb. 2026
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The Greater Los Angeles area is home to the largest concentration of people of Iranian descent outside Iran.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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The scandal results in her firing, and she is made to stare down a possible descent from riches to rags.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026
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In Southern California, the fervor around Pokémon cards has led to strings of break-ins in recent months at trading card stores that have amounted to hundreds of thousands of dollars of losses and even some collectors robbed at gunpoint.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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The electronics lilt through the arrangements like a string of dim lights draped above a roaring fireplace.—
Dean Van Nguyen,
Pitchfork,
27 Feb. 2026
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Banijay Entertainment is now banking on a pair of shows from country adding to the lineage, as the global production giant gears up for its London TV Screenings showcase today.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
25 Feb. 2026
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The tennis player comes from a football lineage.—
Marvin Hurst,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Over the year, the team handles challenging cases including premature birth, placenta previa, kidney cancer, tuberculosis, and slavery.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
1 Mar. 2026
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The German international had missed the team’s first match due to a visa delay and the birth of his first child just before the season.—
Harold Gutmann,
Mercury News,
1 Mar. 2026
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His second album, Baby—a meditation on heredity, shredded and reconstituted in a $10 DJ program—was released to rapturous acclaim in August.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
8 Dec. 2025
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To truly understand genes and heredity, researchers had to learn to read the DNA code.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
7 Nov. 2025
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By then, Iran had managed to improve relations with several neighbors.—
Abbas Al Lawati,
CNN Money,
1 Mar. 2026
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That year, employees at Alphabet's Google protested the Pentagon's use of the company's AI to analyze drone footage, straining relations between Silicon Valley and Washington.—
Andrea Shalal,
USA Today,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Succession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/succession. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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