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succession

[suhk-sesh-uhn] / səkˈsɛʃ ən /
NOUN
continuation
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Gardiner also serves as executive producer alongside director Mark Mylod of Succession fame, who directed multiple episodes of the first season.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Mr. Johnson was relying on the Presidential Succession Act of 1947, which places Mr. Grassley, 92 and the Senate’s president pro tempore, third in line to the presidency.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Brian Cox is best known as the media mogul Logan Roy in the TV series Succession – a role he won in his seventies after decades in the business.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

For Succession fans who dearly miss the show, any opportunity to invoke Matthew Macfadyen’s pathetic-yet-devious character is a welcome one.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026

They lessen the Spring, the elastic and refreshing Power, of the Air; they prevent a Succession of fresh Air; and the Variety of Objects occupies the Brain too much.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)




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