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as in next
being the one that comes immediately after another
business was slow in the restaurant's first year, but the ensuing year saw a much-needed increase
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as in subsequent
being, occurring, or carried out at a time after something else
the war and the ensuing famine caused unimaginable suffering
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as in replacing
to come at a later time; to happen as a result
When the news broke, a long period of chaos ensued.
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Recent Examples of ensuing
ABC News,
2 July 2026
Over the ensuing decades, the young nation incorporated the musical repertoires, instruments and expressions of immigrants from various European and African groups.
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Ted Olson,
The Conversation,
2 July 2026
The move will allow the city to declare a drought emergency, and any ensuing level of water restrictions would depend on how severe the drought is, according to an ordinance approved unanimously.
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Idaho Statesman,
1 July 2026
Police were called to quell the ensuing violence, which resulted in the partial paralyzation of a young Black girl.
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Rachel Tepper Paley,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 July 2026
The ensuing discourse and social media chatter are often divisive.
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Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
The ensuing legal battle was broadcast over social media broadly, and Depp ultimately won in a Virginia court.
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
30 June 2026
As such, the stadium and ensuing further reimagination of the area upon which Kansas City was founded and later left to ruin for decades stands for more yet than being purpose-built for a women’s team.
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Kansas City Star,
30 June 2026
How does this relate to the ensuing flashbacks of a wounded Castle hiding with a mother and her daughter and his pulse-pounding jumps from one harrowing hot frying pan situation to another?
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Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
Verb
In an ensuing crackdown, tens of thousands were detained, with many beaten by police.
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ABC News,
2 July 2026
Over the ensuing decades, the young nation incorporated the musical repertoires, instruments and expressions of immigrants from various European and African groups.
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Ted Olson,
The Conversation,
2 July 2026
The move will allow the city to declare a drought emergency, and any ensuing level of water restrictions would depend on how severe the drought is, according to an ordinance approved unanimously.
—
Idaho Statesman,
1 July 2026
Police were called to quell the ensuing violence, which resulted in the partial paralyzation of a young Black girl.
—
Rachel Tepper Paley,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 July 2026
The ensuing discourse and social media chatter are often divisive.
—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
The ensuing legal battle was broadcast over social media broadly, and Depp ultimately won in a Virginia court.
—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
30 June 2026
As such, the stadium and ensuing further reimagination of the area upon which Kansas City was founded and later left to ruin for decades stands for more yet than being purpose-built for a women’s team.
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Kansas City Star,
30 June 2026
How does this relate to the ensuing flashbacks of a wounded Castle hiding with a mother and her daughter and his pulse-pounding jumps from one harrowing hot frying pan situation to another?
—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ensuing
Adjective
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From the BoDo District’s Double Tap Pub to LIGA Boise on Capitol Boulevard, soccer fever was in the air as the United States won 2-0 to advance to the next round of the World Cup.
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In the next 250 years, what books will get earn their place among the best literature America has to offer?
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Just south of the circle, subsequent construction of the Icon Miami complex, though, destroyed extensive additional evidence of Tequesta occupation in the bedrock, including scores of holes likely dug for wooden dwelling support posts.
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In the subsequent months, 18-year-old Tim Weah and Antonee Robinson, 20, broke through.
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Australia answered our prayers, replacing the impressive Patrick Beach, who made an excellent save late in regulation to keep the scores level, with 34-year-old Mat Ryan in the final seconds of extra time.
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Work is underway on a bridge in Caraballeda, where authorities are replacing guardrails, laying new asphalt and repairing expansion joints to restore safe travel conditions.
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Adhere to the two-second rule for maintaining a safe following distance behind the vehicle in front of you.
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Despite Sanders' criticism, the gravy continues to have a loyal following decades later.
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In a later post on Telegram, Klitschko said Kyiv also came under ballistic missile attack, with five people injured in one of the central districts.
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If the first eight steps, rising amid the site’s oak and maple trees, can be viewed as his birth and boyhood in the state, those at the summit reflect his later years of anguish and trial.
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Coral Springs resident Kashou was charged by a superseding indictment earlier this month in the Northern District of Texas, along with several co-defendants, with conspiracy to violate the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute.
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That charge — misprision of a felony — was filed in a superseding information Alvarez pleaded to, which followed the original indictment.
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“Ensuing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ensuing. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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