SUCCESSIONS Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

successions

noun

plural of succession

as in series

a series of things, people, events, or actions arranged or happening one after another He experienced a succession of car repairs that set him back thousands of dollars.

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as in lineages

the order of people in a family The prince is third in the line of succession to the throne.

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Recent Examples of successions Plant additional successions of sunflowers every week or two to enjoy blooms later in the summer. — Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 11 May 2026 For authoritarian regimes, survival is uncertain, and never more so than during inescapable successions. — Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025 History shows family successions, whether in North Korea or Syria, tend to happen through rigid authoritarian control, with the transfer of power underwritten by whoever controls the military. — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026 Everyone—prospective leaders, the target company, the investors and the local community—can benefit from this approach, according to YMFG Capital, which has orchestrated 12 business successions so far. — Japan Contributor, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026

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Noun

Holt is president and general manager of Sacramento Republic FC, which hosted a series of free World Cup watch parties in Sacramento that drew approximately 45,000 guests.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
The company operates another rideshare series as well, called Bandwagon, which has launched four missions to date.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of series

Noun

The research team, led by Ellie Bourgikos and Nathan Grubaugh at the Yale School of Public Health, estimates that one of the virus’s two major lineages arrived in the Northeast by the early 1700s.

— John Drake, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Because everyone will have access to the same information, AI will accentuate the value of personal connections, again promoting lineages and networks that at their most extreme may appear to be sinister establishment conspiracies.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

Definition of lineages

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Free from the regulatory strings of its public service parent company, ITV Studios’ pull will only increase.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 6 July 2026
According to a report from Bleeping Computer, the developers of a new Mac malware called Gaslight packed it with fake errors and other prompt-injection strings.

— Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 3 July 2026

Definition of strings

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Unsurprisingly, no player has been involved in more passing sequences leading to shots than the 24-year-old this summer, given complete freedom to roam and dictate attacks with his abilities on the ball.

— Thom Harris, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Piercing the sterility of contemporary life with the disruptive transgression of eroticism, Silver’s film features dreamy fantasy sequences that interrupt and disrupt, drawing us expertly into its characters’ sensual and unusual interiority.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 2 July 2026

Definition of sequences

Noun

Bats in a bind before births Before giving the bats the boot last year, the city didn’t build an alternative roosting habitat, which would have been challenging given the substantial size of the colony.

— Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
The budget shortfall has been exacerbated by a decline in births and a reduction of immigration, resulting in fewer taxpayers at the same time that many Baby Boomers have begun receiving benefits.

— Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 July 2026

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Strategic thinking, understanding situations, client relations and accountability cannot be transferred to an algorithm.

— Tyler Dykstra, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
The former congresswoman expressed interest in starting a new political party after her public split from the Republican Party over the handling of the Epstein files and relations with Israel.

— Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 7 July 2026

Definition of relations

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Like many Diamond League events, most races feature only finals and no qualifying heats.

— Lindsay Schnell, New York Times, 5 July 2026
Included in that lineup of marquee events are stallion making races like the Jim Dandy, Whitney, Jockey Club Gold Cup, and Travers along with top races for the girls in the Coaching Club American Oaks and Alabama Stakes.

— Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026

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