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: subsequent development
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: the next installment (as of a speech or story)
especially
: a literary, cinematic, or televised work continuing the course of a story begun in a preceding one
Examples of sequel in a Sentence
The new film is a sequel to the very successful comedy that came out five years ago.
He is busy writing the book's sequel.
There is an interesting sequel to my date with her that I'll share with you later.
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The cult horror film starring Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried and Adam Brody is nearing its 20th anniversary, but sequel talk has moved at a steady clip in the years following its 2009 release.
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 9 June 2025
While Sinners has become a blockbuster hit, Ryan Coogler said in a recent interview with Ebony Magazine that he’s never given thought to making a sequel to the film.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
The film, a sequel to 2003’s Dogville led by Nicole Kidman, traces her conviction to facilitate the freedom of the enslaved people.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 7 June 2025
The second installment arrived in 2019, and while Moriarty did not publish a sequel, she was involved in writing that season’s story.
—Rance Collins, IndieWire, 7 June 2025
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 9 June 2025
While Sinners has become a blockbuster hit, Ryan Coogler said in a recent interview with Ebony Magazine that he’s never given thought to making a sequel to the film.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
The film, a sequel to 2003’s Dogville led by Nicole Kidman, traces her conviction to facilitate the freedom of the enslaved people.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 7 June 2025
The second installment arrived in 2019, and while Moriarty did not publish a sequel, she was involved in writing that season’s story.
—Rance Collins, IndieWire, 7 June 2025
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“Sequel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sequel. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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Etymology
Middle English sequel, sequele "follower, series," from early French sequelle (same meaning), from Latin sequella, sequela "follower," from sequi "to follow" — related to consecutive, pursue, second entry 1, sequence
Medical Definition
sequel
noun
se·quel
ˈsē-kwəl also -ˌkwel
: sequela
gangrene is … a sequel of wounds—Robert Chawner
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