succession
Example Sentences
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Her growing profile has South Korea’s spy agency believing she is increasingly positioned to succeed her father, although North Korea has stayed mum on the succession topic.
The comments are her clearest on the issue -- the subject of increasing debate as a succession crisis looms -- since her party's landslide election victory this month.
From Barron's
But they are more circumspect about those other requests, while saying they want to press on "at pace" in removing Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of succession.
From BBC
That strategy hit a roadblock in federal court, as a succession of rulings invalidated his attempt to revive the policy under different laws.
All of his children hold positions within the group, though ultimate succession plans remain uncertain.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
