accession
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Bulgaria's accession will bring the number of Europeans using the euro to more than 350 million.
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
James’s accession to the Scottish throne was the first Protestant coronation in Scotland’s history.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
The subsequent engagement was “striking,” says Frank, who explains that the large accession of daily menswear fashion helped expand the typical notion of Whitten’s brilliance being limited to costume design.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025
Austria faced near extinction in 1740 when Maria Theresa’s accession to the Habsburg throne prompted Frederick II of Prussia to invade and spark a war of partition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
The plot circumvented, Washkar went to work eliminating any remaining objections to his accession.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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