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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
To grow heat-sensitive plants in summer, succession plant your seeds so your beds remain productive even when the first crops of plants start to bolt.
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Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 June 2026
Argentina, led by Lionel Messi, was ahead 2–0 with just under 11 minutes of play left when Mbappé equalized the score with two goals in quick succession.
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Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 June 2026
And for the tech industry, succession planning could look very different.
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Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
Apart from a synergistic sit-down with ABC News anchor David Muir on the day of the succession announcement, Disney has kept a lid on the former and current top execs, making Iger’s comments the first extensive inside account of that previous set of missteps.
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Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for succession
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 June 2026
Argentina, led by Lionel Messi, was ahead 2–0 with just under 11 minutes of play left when Mbappé equalized the score with two goals in quick succession.
—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 June 2026
And for the tech industry, succession planning could look very different.
—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
Apart from a synergistic sit-down with ABC News anchor David Muir on the day of the succession announcement, Disney has kept a lid on the former and current top execs, making Iger’s comments the first extensive inside account of that previous set of missteps.
—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for succession
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The Jackson County charges came after police accused Sanchez-Munoz in a series of shootings in Kansas City that left one man, Jeremy Keenan, dead and four others injured on June 16.
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The legal action is part of a broader series of disputes in the streaming industry over carriage rights, bundling requirements and pricing control.
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SpaceX continued its sharp descent back to Earth.
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Look no further than the ninth inning of Sunday’s latest descent to the bottom.
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Previous versions of the FDA’s panel on drug compounding — the group that will meet next month — have voted against a string of peptide ingredients brought forward by compounding pharmacies, declaring all of them too risky to be offered to patients.
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Doyle allegedly pocketed most of the proceeds while feeding Matthiesen a string of false explanations about why payment had never arrived.
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Future investment must prioritize data infrastructure, as robust data lineage will be a key competitive moat for physical AI's advancement.
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And whereas Fischer described without judgment the family patterns, social customs, and religious lineage of his four groups, Reynolds contrasts his two on ideological and ultimately moral grounds.
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Back in Paris, Monson de Kansky gave birth to a second daughter and focused on teaching.
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In one study from the 1990s, a researcher observing seven squirrel-monkey births watched two of the babies get stuck; neither survived.
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Central to Burbank’s thesis was his belief that environment mattered as much, if not more, than heredity.
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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.
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Emily Brontë’s telling of this narrative premise was, also, far ahead of its time, unadorned, stripped bare, always in immediate reach of the brutal facts of her characters’ relations and complications with each other.
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Runcie is sharply attuned to the vast uncomfortable grey areas of gender and power relations, navigating them with wry, revelatory observations that are devastatingly acute.
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“Succession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/succession. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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