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succession

[suhk-sesh-uhn] / səkˈsɛʃ ən /
NOUN
continuation
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Writer Jon Brown, who worked on the first season and is also known for his work on Succession, has been promoted to co-showrunner alongside season one showrunner Francesca Gardiner.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Succession drama is common at hedge funds moving on from their founders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

This battle inspired the television series Succession, and played out in courts in real life.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

For Succession fans who dearly miss the show, any opportunity to invoke Matthew Macfadyen’s pathetic-yet-devious character is a welcome one.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026

A great many Houses have been built here since the Congress for that Peace, which put an End to the War for the Succession to Charles II.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von




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