succeeding

Example Sentences

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“We really focus on succeeding and learning how to fail, so they can just get to the next pitch,” Inouye-Perez said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Sturgeon became first minister and leader of the SNP in November 2014, succeeding Alex Salmond in the wake of the Scottish Independence Referendum.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

“Those efforts are succeeding and it’s giving us opportunity to reconsider engaging in close proximity to implement some of the concepts...to mitigate this thing,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

What’s Next: The Senate is expected to vote as early as today to confirm Warsh as the next Fed chair, succeeding Jerome Powell, whose term in that role ends on Friday.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

It would follow that when scientific views are abandoned and replaced by new ones it is because the new ones are thought to be better at succeeding, paying, etc.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton