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as in outcome
a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause
the attempt to help was a natural sequence to her charitable nature
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as in chain
a series of things linked together
a sequence of events that no one predicted
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as in arrangement
the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another
police are trying to reconstruct the sequence of events
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Recent Examples of sequence
Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2026
In one of the film's most surprising sequences, his character golfs the best game of his life during a terrifying storm, misses a putt, curses God, and gets struck by lightning.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026
David Cox, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
While many resources and efforts were made to sequence DNA through the Human Genome Project, sequencing RNA and its many modifications remains a challenging task.
—Marlene Belfort, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Outside of a few such sequences, the new series plays more as paranoid Cold War thriller than hopeful sci-fi saga, and a pretty good one at that.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2026
In one of the film's most surprising sequences, his character golfs the best game of his life during a terrifying storm, misses a putt, curses God, and gets struck by lightning.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026
Verb
Using a new technology which enabled scientists to sequence all 20,000 genes in a person’s DNA at once, Musunuru and others began to uncover their secrets.
—David Cox, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
While many resources and efforts were made to sequence DNA through the Human Genome Project, sequencing RNA and its many modifications remains a challenging task.
—Marlene Belfort, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sequence
Noun
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My answer is that the alternative — silence, forgetting, the regime’s preferred outcome — is worse.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
27 May 2026
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When business and tech teams share responsibility for outcomes, decisions stay grounded in real impact.—
Iain Martin,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Noun
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Now, his family is suing the restaurant chain, as well as the manufacturer that supplied the raw ground beef kofta.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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The Rockies’ Kyle Karros hit an opposite-field line drive that carried to the right-field warning track, but Lee tracked down the potential extra-base hit on the run, then crashed into the chain-link portion of the fence.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
30 May 2026
Noun
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This arrangement makes simultaneous breathing and swallowing possible and renders the airway relatively collapse-resistant.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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The arrangement also allegedly involved the items being made available by CSA for sale to interested purchasers.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
30 May 2026
Verb
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In 2024 and 2025, four hearing officers in the appeals unit filed complaints against the department, leading to three internal investigations by human resources, according to a separate, outside probe conducted by Flynn Investigations Group, a firm specializing in workplace reviews.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
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Now, Kal Pacific and principal Don Veasey are coming back to Boise with a six-story concept with five floors of apartments atop ground-floor commercial space and basement parking, according to documents filed with the city.—
Mark Dee
May 31,
Idaho Statesman,
31 May 2026
Noun
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But that continued dedication to masking of any kind is not merely the result of unintelligence, or misplaced hypochondria, or even being affiliated with a specific political party.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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But Cepeda and Petro on Sunday night sowed doubt in the result and claimed — so far without evidence — that hundreds of thousands of votes were manipulated and that foreign actors interfered with the result.—
Megan Janetsky,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
Noun
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The story, set in rural California in the 1990s, opens as seventeen-year-old Cal finds the body of his high school classmate, Nora, lying across the train tracks.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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That includes a brisk walk to the train, cycling a commute, an active school drop-off, stairs at the start of the workday or a short bodyweight routine at home.—
Allison Palmer
June 1,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Any sort of blood modification or request have to go through an ordering physician.—
Torie Bosch,
STAT,
1 June 2026
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Have questions about ordering or a purchase?—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 June 2026
Verb
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As owners increasingly prioritize time, individuality and longevity, the yacht builder’s emphasis on experience and wellbeing has underpinned its recent success.—
Rachel Ingram,
Robb Report,
31 May 2026
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The program remains in development and has faced schedule delays, but the Air Force continues to prioritize it following the struggles of earlier hypersonic projects.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
31 May 2026
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“Sequence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequence. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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