successions

plural of succession

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for successions
Noun
  • The beginning of the series had such deep ties to the death of Riley.
    Alamin Yohannes, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Barrymore is a multi-nominee for the Drew Barrymore Show, following the series' inception in 2020.
    Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The various lineages of Ursuța’s work are unmistakable.
    Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
  • While multiple human lineages have been discovered from this time, scientists have struggled to create a clear timeline.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Backed by a 14-member ensemble featuring brass, percussion, strings and vocalists, the Latin hitmaker’s voice shone with warmth and precision.
    Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The creative, who helmed the Gaultier brand from 2021 to 2024, also heads up an eponymous jewelry business offering bag chains, charms and other accessories in Tétier’s playful, maximalist style — teddy bears, sculptural flowers and multipatterned strings often included.
    Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • People have tried ski descents from Everest in the past, but none of them have completed the run without bottled oxygen.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Grippy waterproof shoes and a good rain jacket are essential on this one for mud, streams, and steep, slippery descents.
    Madison Chapman, Outside, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • These sequences include footage of the survivors on set watching the proceedings, adjusting costumes or nodding in recognition of sets.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
  • There can be hundreds of prompts, and revisions of prompts, resulting in video sequences with some resemblance to protected work, but the eye is sometimes in the beholder.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But, birth rates at older ages are not rising enough to offset those declines in birth rates at younger ages even though births to women in their late 30s and early 40s are rising.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Infertility affects roughly one in six women of reproductive age, according to the World Health Organization, and IVF accounts for about 2% of all births in the United States.
    Nik Popli, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The problem is that the world of interpersonal relations is hard to put a number on.
    Big Think, Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Tensions were already high between Washington and Bogotá over President Gustavo Petro’s attempts to curb drug trafficking, threatening the countries’ close security and commercial relations.
    J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Economic impact The Big Sugar Gravel and Little Sugar Mountain Bike races together brought 7,200 visitor trips to Northwest Arkansas in 2024, according to a study published by Daniel Larson of the University of Oklahoma Department of Health and Exercise Science.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The film was very much an authorized project, with director Joseph Kosinski and his crew filming at several races and F1’s (and its corporate sponsors’) branding visible throughout the film.
    Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Successions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/successions. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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