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succession

[suhk-sesh-uhn] / səkˈsɛʃ ən /
NOUN
continuation
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Thanks to a succession of bosses she called “angels,” she stayed in public education.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

Being part of NBCUniversal has brought other benefits, too, particularly as Telemundo’s main competitor, Univision, has struggled under a succession of ownership groups.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

Morgan, and the couple immediately sent Lilias and her brother to a succession of boarding schools and summer camps.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Still, as the top Cabinet official in the presidential line of succession after the VP, secretaries of state are often ambitious pols who bring baggage all their own.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

If ecological succession were unstoppable, the continents would be covered by climax-stage vegetation: a world of great trees, dark and silent.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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