- present tense form of succeed (3rd person singular).
succeeds
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Until it succeeds, there won’t be buyers for the stock either.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026
He succeeds Niclas Neglén, who will remain as CFO until the end of the year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Analysts have forecast that Sunharbo could bring in up to $4.5 billion in yearly sales, though it may soon have a competitor if a rival product from Bristol Myers and J&J succeeds in studies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
If neither candidate succeeds in forming a government, another election must be held.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
Even when technology succeeds in manufacturing a machine as big as Texas to do everything we recognize as human, it will still be, at best, a single individual.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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