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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
Jefferies downgrades Rio Tinto to hold from buy Jefferies downgraded the metals and mining company, citing a slew of negative catalysts including CEO succession issues.
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Michael Bloom, CNBC, 3 June 2025
King Charles’ illness has meant people have had to start thinking about a possible succession, and about how things will change once Prince William is King.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 2 June 2025
The eternal political problems of legitimacy, accountability, and succession would be solved by a secret board with the power to select and recall the otherwise all-powerful C.E.O. of each sovereign corporation, or SovCorp.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Following his death at the hands of a mob in Carthage, Mo., in 1844, there was a succession crisis among his followers.
—Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 24 May 2025
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Michael Bloom, CNBC, 3 June 2025
King Charles’ illness has meant people have had to start thinking about a possible succession, and about how things will change once Prince William is King.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 2 June 2025
The eternal political problems of legitimacy, accountability, and succession would be solved by a secret board with the power to select and recall the otherwise all-powerful C.E.O. of each sovereign corporation, or SovCorp.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Following his death at the hands of a mob in Carthage, Mo., in 1844, there was a succession crisis among his followers.
—Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 24 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for succession
Noun
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The latest, Bad Company Support 175, is the first of Damen’s YS 53 series.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
10 June 2025
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Closing out the Super Lounge series is Muni Long, the talented singer and songwriter.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
10 June 2025
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Begin the descent into the canyon, which is shaded by eucalyptus trees.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 June 2025
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Chicago Tribune How Ramesh survived the descent is still a miraculous mystery.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2025
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But machines only speak the language of binary, strings of 1s and 0s that control electrical impulses in the computer’s hardware.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
6 June 2025
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Yet the influences aren’t only dance-oriented: The sounds of ‘80s British pop are everywhere, along with flourishes of Queen in her vocals and especially blasts of late-period ABBA in the lush strings, synth arpeggios and European melodies; there’s also a big dollop of Madonna and Gaga in its DNA.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
6 June 2025
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Previous studies have proven the existence of two lineages, northern Native American and southern Native American, which developed after people first arrived on the continent across an ice bridge from Siberia and started to move south.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
11 June 2025
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What has that looked like in practice, sharing the history, sonic lineages, and socio-political context involved in the making of electronic music?—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2025
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The birth of house music in the 1980s was also, in part, a response to the heyday, and unceremonious downfall, of disco, another genre that had distinctly Black origins before garnering more mainstream attention via white artists and culture.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
13 June 2025
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The encounter of the two charismatic statesmen is fraught with tensions but will mark the birth of the German-French friendship as well as the European unification movement.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
13 June 2025
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American society and our relations with other societies are driven by the competition/conflict choice.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2025
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The concerns over trade relations stem from a history of tariffs, sanctions, and disputes that have strained the ties between the world's two largest economies.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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Last year, Verstappen led 42 of the 70 laps in this race after starting second.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 June 2025
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The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium in Centerport is linked to William Vanderbilt II, a yachtsman and motor race driver.—
Michele Herrmann,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
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Zoologist Charles Davenport created the Cold Spring Harbor Eugenics Record Office in 1910 to pursue his interests in evolution, breeding and human heredity.—
Shoumita Dasgupta,
The Conversation,
13 Jan. 2025
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Newell comes by his activism through heredity.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
USA TODAY,
3 Dec. 2024
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“Succession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/succession. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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