as in succession
a set of things or events arranged in order or considered together
The museum is having a series of events for children this summer.
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Recent Examples of series
Grande got her start on the Nickelodeon series Victorious and iCarly before becoming a breakout pop superstar and earning Oscar and Golden Globe best supporting actress nominations for her role as Glinda in the first part of the double-up big screen adaptation of the musical Wicked.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 10 June 2025
The latest, Bad Company Support 175, is the first of Damen’s YS 53 series.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 10 June 2025
Closing out the Super Lounge series is Muni Long, the talented singer and songwriter.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 10 June 2025
Despite that, his first two contributions to the Mission: Impossible series are its strongest.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 30 May 2025
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 10 June 2025
The latest, Bad Company Support 175, is the first of Damen’s YS 53 series.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 10 June 2025
Closing out the Super Lounge series is Muni Long, the talented singer and songwriter.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 10 June 2025
Despite that, his first two contributions to the Mission: Impossible series are its strongest.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for series
Noun
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Leaders need to be thinking about the impact this will have on the workforce, including loss of institutional knowledge, huge leadership gaps, succession pressures and mentorship gaps.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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However, if any of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s children have kids, the succession order will change with Prince Harry and his children moving down in the list.—
Audrey Schmidt,
People.com,
4 June 2025
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The full sequence from take-off to crash—final moments of Air India 171 captured on CCTV.—
Hannah Parry
Barney Henderson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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Later in the demo, Grace returned to the room where the body was shredded, which triggered another chase sequence—this time to a locked gate.—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
11 June 2025
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Yet the influences aren’t only dance-oriented: The sounds of ‘80s British pop are everywhere, along with flourishes of Queen in her vocals and especially blasts of late-period ABBA in the lush strings, synth arpeggios and European melodies; there’s also a big dollop of Madonna and Gaga in its DNA.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
6 June 2025
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But machines only speak the language of binary, strings of 1s and 0s that control electrical impulses in the computer’s hardware.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
6 June 2025
Noun
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With the release of its fourth and final three-episode batch, Disney+’s Andor rose to the top of Nielsen’s latest U.S. ranking of streaming originals.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
12 June 2025
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Google's Pixel phones got a big update this week with the release of Android 16 and a batch of Pixel Drop features.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
12 June 2025
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The Army has taken a variety of steps to protect the streets, including laying metal plates along the parade's route.—
LOLITA C. BALDOR,
Arkansas Online,
15 June 2025
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There is a variety of match times on offer too, ranging from three minutes per player right up to 20 mins.—
Barry Collins,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
Noun
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By the end of that year, Klarna had deals with roughly half of the country’s 100 largest chains.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
13 June 2025
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These efforts include deploying to the first island chain assets such as the U.S. Marine Corps' NMESIS high-precision anti-ship missile system to the Luzon Strait—a maritime choke point frequented by Chinese warships.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
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“Series.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/series. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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