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

By the accession of Leopold II in 1790, an empire based on a “feudal hierarchy of status” found itself in the age of Romantic nationalism, democracy and “enlightened ridicule.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 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

These were no longer the grim keeps of Arthur’s accession.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White