SUCCESSIONS Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

successions

noun

plural of succession

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 lineages

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 successions France has endured record-breaking successions of heatwaves this summer, which have led to massive wildfires and a spike in the normal death rate, according to French public health services. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 19 Aug. 2026 Helaena, however, is not concerned with thrones or successions. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 History shows family successions, whether in North Korea or Syria, tend to happen through rigid authoritarian control, with the transfer of power underwritten by whoever controls the military. — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026 Plant additional successions of sunflowers every week or two to enjoy blooms later in the summer. — Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 11 May 2026 For authoritarian regimes, survival is uncertain, and never more so than during inescapable successions. — Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025

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Noun

Tessa Coates created the series and serves as executive producer and showrunner along with Matt Miller and director Peyton Reed.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
Then, on the very next series, Philo coolly dropped back on third-and-11 – with the crowd going bonkers – and fired a 20-yard TD strike to Dallas Wilson.

— Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of series

Noun

When a massive asteroid impact triggered a global extinction 66 million years ago, almost all dinosaurs and early bird lineages died out.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
In the healing traditions of northern Peru, curanderos, or traditional healers, usually train through years of apprenticeship, often within family lineages.

— Pardis Mahdavi, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of lineages

Noun

There are only so many tennis players who care about what kind of strings a coach and player might prefer.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
If that were true, and there were actually no strings attached, Centene would even get a charitable deduction.

— Darryll K. Jones, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of strings

Noun

But the paint allegedly became slippery in the sun, and three riders, including one known as a master of descents, crashed.

— Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
The relentless Carapaz pressured the American on the descents and put himself in the position to profit.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 25 July 2026

Definition of descents

Noun

Some of this is down to the sequences in English; Oguri’s accent is sometimes hard to make out, which isn’t helped by the low sound mix and Miike’s tendency in dialogue scenes to show a reverse shot of the person not talking.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026
The Housewife is certainly at its most potent during those earlier sequences, when Sheridan’s Lelyveld is under the mistaken impression that Hermine Ryan is the unwitting victim rather than the unrepentant perpetrator.

— Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of sequences

Noun

Addressing this prolonged trade conflict, Washington political news outlet POLITICO brought together four veteran journalists specializing in US-Canada relations and trade policy to analyze potential future trajectories.

— , CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
Why do the Browns continue to have avoidable public-relations blunders?

— Zac Jackson, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of relations

Noun

Bregman estimated the Bregman Family Racing’s horses have won around 25-30 races over the years.

— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
The liberal Yabloko party, the only registered political entity that dared to criticize the war, was removed from the ballot last month by Russia’s Supreme Court, and only has a few dozen candidates in the single-constituency races.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026

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