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segue

[sey-gwey, seg-wey] / ˈseɪ gweɪ, ˈsɛg weɪ /


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“If you look at your outfit and you say to yourself, ‘Oh, this will segue nicely to a sports bar, it's probably not the right outfit for the office.’”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

Another important interlude is the segue of “American Skin” into “Long Walk Home.”

From Salon May 28, 2026

It's extremely tempting to write a segue here about Wolf's career having had its own teething troubles – but, in truth, it's been more of a slow burn on a long fuse.

From BBC Apr. 28, 2026

Passionately defending cinema on the big screen and then waiting for the next suggested movie to segue into our queue.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 29, 2026

The next question is, “What department are you in?” followed by, “How long have you worked here?”— from which it’s an obvious segue to the business at hand.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

Elkhanah Pulitzer’s direction segued smoothly from the real to the visionary.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 12, 2026

The show began with a new-agey wash of ocean sounds, that segued seamlessly into her 2024 single, Training Season.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2025

As the chuckles subsided, Biden segued back to his prepared remarks by saying, “All kidding aside.”

From Slate Dec. 11, 2024

What do you enjoy hearing segued into or out of one of your songs?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2024

My brain hummed along as one thought segued into another.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos

“EPiC” follows Presley as he blazes through classics including “Little Sister,” slyly asserting his influence in rock by segueing into the Beatles’ “Get Back.”

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 24, 2026

When asked about making a film for Netflix, Damon began by discussing the movie’s action sequences, before segueing into a telling detail about the streamer’s model.

From Salon Jan. 25, 2026

Maslany, who portrayed the doomed mother in “The Monkey,” brings an edge to Liz from the start, the character’s romantic anxieties segueing into a fear that something in the house is out to kill her.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 14, 2025

She emerges to ear-splitting screams, in a floral-print dress and towering heels, smouldering through the achingly cool A&W, before segueing into the ethereal Young and Beautiful.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2023

Snow was falling in earnest now—big silent petals drifting through the springtime woods, white bouquets segueing into snowy dark: a nightmarish topsy-turvy land, something from a story book.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt



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