succession
Example Sentences
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Apple will have been planning this succession for a long time.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
Thanks to a succession of bosses she called “angels,” she stayed in public education.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
Mary Kay excelled in high school but eloped at age 16 with her first husband, Julius Ben Rogers, and gave birth to two children in rapid succession.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Not just a one-club man, this is a line of succession.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
While Seabiscuit had spent the summer pillaging the West, War Admiral had been plundering the East with four triumphs in succession.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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