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What does succession mean?

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Noun
  1. An act of following in sequence.
  2. A sequence of things in order.
  3. A passing of royal powers.
  4. A group of rocks or strata that succeed one another in chronological order.
  5. (obsolete, rare) The person who succeeds to rank or office; a successor or heir.
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The sports talk station gives you a succession of men whose absorption in a fantasy world is, to me, borderline insane.
Their attitudes and aims determined the outcome of succession dispute, not merely who won, but what he acquired.
The exclusion of the Corsicans in the high administration, the legal inequalities and the economic situation started a succession of jacqueries.
The two adaxial sepals are formed in succession, and the two abaxial petals become visible.
He controlled the game at that stage and he was the driving force as Kerry pushed forward for a succession of great scores.
Four children, three boys and a girl, were born in fairly quick succession.

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