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succession

[suhk-sesh-uhn] / səkˈsɛʃ ən /
NOUN
continuation
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More companies chose a board member to run things day-to-day last year, usually a stopgap move that suggests succession hadn’t gone as planned, Spencer Stuart said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Maskell said Andrew should also be stripped of his succession rights to the throne, as well as a councillor of state.

From BBC

She’s encouraged her father to have more serious conversations about succession planning.

From The Wall Street Journal

They are filmmakers, each of whom has directed, in succession, the biggest box-office moneymaker of all time.

From The Wall Street Journal

The team that spent its first four decades of existence as a punch line and a purgatory has now had 14 consecutive winning seasons with a succession of basketball greats wearing its uniform.

From Los Angeles Times