succession
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Being part of NBCUniversal has brought other benefits, too, particularly as Telemundo’s main competitor, Univision, has struggled under a succession of ownership groups.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
Still, as the top Cabinet official in the presidential line of succession after the VP, secretaries of state are often ambitious pols who bring baggage all their own.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
With these patterns occurring so close in succession, the risk/reward scenario for a long entry here makes sense.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
Satellite imagery taken in the days after the strike shows at least four buildings destroyed in quick succession.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
A splendid Midsummer shone over England: skies so pure, suns so radiant as were then seen in long succession, seldom favour even singly, our wave-girt land.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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