succeeded
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Mourners gathered outside of the Royal Palace to lay flowers and remember him while his son, King Haakon VIII, officially succeeded him and met with his government.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
His son Haakon automatically succeeded him to the throne.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Previous attempts to print GRCop-42 using the lower wattages available on more common commercial machines had not succeeded.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
Silicon Valley has long been obsessed with using artificial intelligence to create personal assistants, but most of those ventures haven’t succeeded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
“Now,” said Herbert, as it was succeeded by silence, “he’s drinking. Now,” said Herbert, as the growl resounded in the beam once more, “he’s down again on his back!”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
