as in sequence
a series of things linked together
a catenation of missteps and miscalculations that ultimately grew into a colossal blunder
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Noun
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These could be arranged into longer, songlike sequences that played automatically.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026 -
There is one particularly inventive sequence that blends a rendering of Mario in his original 2D 8-bit form, blurry pixels and all, with the 3D beauty of the more modern iterations.—
Lindsey Bahr,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Set the scene The latest ultra-luxury hotel chain to land in Greece, and the newest milestone in the ritzy revival of the Athenian Riviera.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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Through a red chain-link curtain is a back room containing the likes of Screw, Al Goldstein’s erotic tabloid from the sixties and seventies.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Is there a chain of command things are alerted trains are stopped.—
Jermont Terry,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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In this case, being aboard a train at all owed more to politics than poetry.—
Bill Barrow,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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Ray Suen rounds out the sound with string arrangements performed on violin and viola.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
3 Apr. 2026
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Detectives also recovered a pillow with burn marks and string, which investigators believe may have been used as a makeshift silencer, the report states.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Catenation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catenation. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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