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

This set off a series of jokes between Meriwether and the cast, along with confirmation that there are no real plans for a reunion at this time.

— Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2026
In most cases, bed and board have to be paid for, but there are a series of daily spending caps on different elements, such as food and hotel costs.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of series

Noun

But researchers were able to show that over hundreds of thousands of years, the gentoo has diverged into four distinct evolutionary lineages, each of which the researchers say should be its own species.

— Violet Jira, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2026
When the catastrophe wiped out their massive non-avian relatives, the bird lineages that survived were positioned to take advantage of newly vacant ecological niches.

— Kevin Brown, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of lineages

Noun

Instead of pushing off the ground, the motor essentially pulls the robot upward, with a pulley and two strings helping to launch it.

— Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2026
Rather than rejoice at the prospect of more fuel with fewer strings attached, experts and stakeholders don’t see many advantages to the change.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 8 Oct. 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

Despite not being produced by instruments as such, the sequences Stanton found playing in his ears were strangely musical; their arrangement, through its patterning, the dynamism of its counterpoint and dissonance, almost symphonic.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2026
The film will shoot on location in New York City (for sequences chronicling her arrival by ship and her Broadway musicals), the Brazilian city of Maricá (standing in for Los Angeles) and Rio.

— Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of sequences

Noun

After Minnesota beat Michigan for the first time since 2014, Fleck blurted in the on-field postgame interview that his feelings that day trailed only the births of his children and his wedding on the list of best life experiences.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
In New York, the city had about 110,000 births in 2019 and fewer than 100,000 a year since 2020.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of births

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Pilots from states without diplomatic relations with Israel, such as Oman, are in theory prohibited from landing in Israel.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 10 Oct. 2026
Cheeks got his first formal assignment on the creative side — and showed his talent relations skills — when, as EVP Business Operations for NBC and Universal TV, he was put in charge of NBC Late Night in 2014.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of relations

Noun

Joby Aviation’s eVTOL Takes Flight Long before electric air taxis became one of aviation’s hottest races, Joby had established itself as the company everyone else was chasing.

— Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
Be sure to check out The Bee’s searchable Voter Guide, which contains even more information about the upcoming midterm election, including races, propositions, endorsements and important information about key dates.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026

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