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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
By focusing on improving presidential searches, succession planning and onboarding, and reimaging what strong board governance looks like, the recommendations point to actionable steps to support presidents for the long term.
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Essence, 27 Jan. 2026
Despite being below her younger brothers in the line of succession due to male-preference primogeniture rules, which have since changed, Anne has always seemed to be a steady presence for her older brother.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
Khamenei is likely in his final years, and his succession could present a moment for transformative change from within.
—Davood Moradian, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
Advertisement Soon after, one shot rings out, then several more in quick succession.
—Richard Hall, Time, 26 Jan. 2026
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Essence, 27 Jan. 2026
Despite being below her younger brothers in the line of succession due to male-preference primogeniture rules, which have since changed, Anne has always seemed to be a steady presence for her older brother.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
Khamenei is likely in his final years, and his succession could present a moment for transformative change from within.
—Davood Moradian, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
Advertisement Soon after, one shot rings out, then several more in quick succession.
—Richard Hall, Time, 26 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for succession
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In most industries, consumers accept that the price of a product includes a series of levies and surcharges.—
Shain Shapiro,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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When Yoon was in office, Kim was embroiled in a series of scandals that severely hurt the conservative leader's approval rating and provided relentless political ammunition to his rivals.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 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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Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who is eager for another round of Regency-era declarations of love, unrealistically high standards of romance and string covers of pop music to feel alive again.—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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The game against the Kraken wasn’t the most egregious of the Leafs’ latest string of losses, but at this point, moral victories hardly matter.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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The lineage continues through efforts to measure intelligence, such as the Binet-Simon test that generated an IQ score, through to Alan Turing’s creation of early computer systems to create beyond-human intelligence.—
David Bloom,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Ninety million years after our lineages split, humans are beginning to listen to whales in a new way.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
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When emergencies result in a premature birth or a baby with medical complications, immediate access to advanced neonatal care is critical.—
MemorialCare Medical Group,
Oc Register,
10 Jan. 2026
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MercyOne, UnityPoint and Broadlawns birth centers have accounted for every baby delivered at their facilities in 2025 and released their most popular baby names.—
Cooper Worth,
Des Moines Register,
9 Jan. 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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The duo’s departure leaves Japan without any pandas for the first time in more than five decades, at a time when relations between Asia’s two biggest economies are at their lowest point in years.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
25 Jan. 2026
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Over the subsequent stories, Goodman crafts subtle investigations of the relations between siblings, the fine blend of anxiety and pride parents feel for their offspring, and the bemused affection an aunt or uncle might feel for their aimless nieces or haphazard nephews.—
Chloe Schama,
Vogue,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Succession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/succession. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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