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series or sequence (one after another)
- It was a succession of minutes, but it hit them as a single whole.1.8 Part 1 Chapter 8 — The John Galt Line (75% in)
succession = series (one after another)
- It was this shape that the screams were now tearing away from him; he felt as if the ringing ceased to be sounds and became a succession of slashes hitting his skull.2.8 Part 2 Chapter 8 — By Our Love (69% in)
- She faced, with the same look of detachment, a succession of men who went in and out of her office with over hurried steps and hands fumbling in superfluous gestures.2.8 Part 2 Chapter 8 — By Our Love (96% in)
- They've had two bad years in succession, but they have a bumper crop this fall-and they have to be able to harvest it.3.5 Part 3 Chapter 5 — Their Brothers' Keepers (27% in)
- In the next instant, he heard the dry crack of a gunshot, then three answering cracks in swift succession, like an angry hand slapping a sudden assailant.3.6 Part 3 Chapter 6 — The Concerto of Deliverance (70% in)
succession = series (one after another)
succession = series (one after another)
succession = a row (one after the other)
succession = sequence (one after another)
There are no more uses of "succession" in Atlas Shrugged.
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