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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 company created a succession planning committee in 2023, but the search began in earnest in 2024 when Disney enlisted James Gorman, who is currently Disney’s chairman and previously served as Morgan Stanley’s executive chairman, to lead the effort.
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Michelle Chapman, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
And this succession process was handled in a very different way than the last one, with a board led by James Gorman firmly running the show.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
In immediate succession, Alesia burns her hands on a bunch of hot plates.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2026
But if the Predators were going to go that route, why not just announce the succession plan today?
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
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Michelle Chapman, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
And this succession process was handled in a very different way than the last one, with a board led by James Gorman firmly running the show.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
In immediate succession, Alesia burns her hands on a bunch of hot plates.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2026
But if the Predators were going to go that route, why not just announce the succession plan today?
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for succession
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For his first concert residency, which wrapped in September, Bad Bunny passed on the Las Vegas Strip and opted for a 31-date series in his native Puerto Rico.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
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Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions.—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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Eger watched her parents taken away to the gas chambers where more than a million people, primarily of Jewish descent, were murdered.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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As jealousy, greed, and paranoia take hold, the group is torn apart by their inner demons, threatening to turn their angelic encounter into a descent into hell.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
26 Jan. 2026
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The same company makes racket strings for sports such as tennis, racquetball, badminton and, of course, squash.—
Kathleen Hill,
The Providence Journal,
7 Feb. 2026
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On one memorable occasion when a Nazi came to town and threatened to burn a Q’uran and then march through the Somali neighborhood, water balloons and silly string.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Feb. 2026
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Tataviam Land Conservancy board member and Cultural Bearer Kevin Nuñez led a historical discussion, explaining that his people of the village Japchibit are the original Indigenous people of the San Gabriel Mountains, and his family has a traceable lineage with Japchibit traceable through 1765.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Yet his lineage, alliances, and platform suggest not a rejection of far-right governance but its strategic adaptation—preserving democratic form while recalibrating its substance.—
Alejandro Reyes,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
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At the time, Raver-Lampman shared an Instagram post featuring her newborn’s tiny feet and a sweet caption about his birth.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
PEOPLE,
1 Feb. 2026
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Dextrocardia is a rare congenital (present at birth) heart defect in which the heart is positioned on the right side of the chest instead of its normal position on the left side.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
1 Feb. 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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In Khamenei’s worldview, normalizing relations with the United States has always been kryptonite, an existential threat to a regime whose identity was premised on resisting America.—
Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
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Aubuchon declined an interview with The Enquirer via media relations firm Strategic Advisers.—
Jolene Almendarez,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Succession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/succession. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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