successions

noun

plural of succession
1
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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2
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 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 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 Everyone—prospective leaders, the target company, the investors and the local community—can benefit from this approach, according to YMFG Capital, which has orchestrated 12 business successions so far. — Japan Contributor, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for successions
  1. series
  2. lineages
  3. strings
  4. descents
  5. sequences
  6. births
  7. relations
  8. races
Noun
  • Holt is president and general manager of Sacramento Republic FC, which hosted a series of free World Cup watch parties in Sacramento that drew approximately 45,000 guests.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
  • The company operates another rideshare series as well, called Bandwagon, which has launched four missions to date.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 7 July 2026
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  • Because everyone will have access to the same information, AI will accentuate the value of personal connections, again promoting lineages and networks that at their most extreme may appear to be sinister establishment conspiracies.
    — Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
  • Here, however, entire evolutionary lineages may be emerging across archipelagos separated by distances that seem relatively minor on a map.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of lineages
Noun
  • Nadal also uses the Western grip, which sends the racket strings from low to high while practically facing downward.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 29 June 2026
  • The halterneck bikini style was also held in place with bright yellow strings.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 29 June 2026
Definition of strings
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  • While there are some hills, the focus is on enjoying the forests, farmhouses, and long, winding descents rather than chasing summits.
    — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • But it can be snapped back together and used as a snowboard for descents.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of descents
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  • Unsurprisingly, no player has been involved in more passing sequences leading to shots than the 24-year-old this summer, given complete freedom to roam and dictate attacks with his abilities on the ball.
    — Thom Harris, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • Piercing the sterility of contemporary life with the disruptive transgression of eroticism, Silver’s film features dreamy fantasy sequences that interrupt and disrupt, drawing us expertly into its characters’ sensual and unusual interiority.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 2 July 2026
Definition of sequences
Noun
  • Bats in a bind before births Before giving the bats the boot last year, the city didn’t build an alternative roosting habitat, which would have been challenging given the substantial size of the colony.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
  • The budget shortfall has been exacerbated by a decline in births and a reduction of immigration, resulting in fewer taxpayers at the same time that many Baby Boomers have begun receiving benefits.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 July 2026
Definition of births
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  • Emily Brontë’s telling of this narrative premise was, also, far ahead of its time, unadorned, stripped bare, always in immediate reach of the brutal facts of her characters’ relations and complications with each other.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Runcie is sharply attuned to the vast uncomfortable grey areas of gender and power relations, navigating them with wry, revelatory observations that are devastatingly acute.
    — Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 30 June 2026
Definition of relations
Noun
  • Like many Diamond League events, most races feature only finals and no qualifying heats.
    — Lindsay Schnell, New York Times, 5 July 2026
  • Included in that lineup of marquee events are stallion making races like the Jim Dandy, Whitney, Jockey Club Gold Cup, and Travers along with top races for the girls in the Coaching Club American Oaks and Alabama Stakes.
    — Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of races

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