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succession

[suhk-sesh-uhn] / səkˈsɛʃ ən /
NOUN
continuation
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Stalin’s death in 1953 sparked a succession fight and ultimately a process of “de-Stalinization” that dismantled his personality cult and program of mass terror.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 5, 2026

The question becomes more prominent when it intersects with governance questions like a closely divided vote or succession concerns.

From Salon • Jul. 2, 2026

All around this one personal tragedy are the sights and smells of many others from that moment Wednesday evening when the earth abruptly groaned and rumbled with quakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5, in rapid succession.

From Barron's • Jun. 28, 2026

And so Ko was believed to have actively lined up her second son, Kim Jong Un, for succession.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026

I said, "'I remember the whole beginning as a succession of flights and drops, a little seesaw of the right throbs and the wrong.'"

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour




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