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uninterrupted or lasting existence
the continuation of high unemployment has cost the government much support
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Recent Examples of continuation
His appointment as high commissioner to the U.K. was seen as a continuation of his long-standing public service.
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Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
Born Again, a continuation of the three-season Netflix Marvel series centered on a blind lawyer with superhuman senses living in Hell’s Kitchen.
—Ben Rosenstock, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
And even when Born Again was first written by Chris Ord and Matt Corman, no one at Marvel had decided for sure if this was a continuation of the Netflix show(*), or a multiversal variant of sorts.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025
While there are not many details about the plot of Shrek 5, given the franchise's history, audiences can expect a continuation of Shrek's adventures paired with humor and plenty of pop culture puns.
—Sharareh Drury, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
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Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
Born Again, a continuation of the three-season Netflix Marvel series centered on a blind lawyer with superhuman senses living in Hell’s Kitchen.
—Ben Rosenstock, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
And even when Born Again was first written by Chris Ord and Matt Corman, no one at Marvel had decided for sure if this was a continuation of the Netflix show(*), or a multiversal variant of sorts.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025
While there are not many details about the plot of Shrek 5, given the franchise's history, audiences can expect a continuation of Shrek's adventures paired with humor and plenty of pop culture puns.
—Sharareh Drury, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for continuation
Noun
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The continuity comes from the colors in the artwork and the types of frames.—
Amy Panos,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Mar. 2025
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One particularly fascinating detail is how each robot was designed to match a specific decade, creating a sense of historical continuity.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Earlier Wednesday, Cohen had asked for a two-month continuance on the case due to staffing and budgetary shortfalls.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
12 Mar. 2025
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Under McKinley, the U.S. not only refrained from the vicious China land grab but employed its growing diplomatic influence to discourage its continuance and to deprecate the 19th-century imperialist credo.—
Robert W. Merry,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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That’s the inventor’s playbook: Patience, persistence, and an ambitious plan.—
Stephen Key,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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In the last year alone, Davis notes scientists have published important work in a variety of areas — on blood clotting, the impacts of exercise, evidence of viral persistence in the spinal cord, and loss of blood flow to the brain, to name just a few.—
Will Stone,
NPR,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Continuation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/continuation. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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