as in sequence
a series of things linked together
a complicated concatenation of events leading to the freak accident
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Recent Examples of concatenation
The questionable nature of his death provokes a swirl of memories related to the captain and his possibly unfaithful wife, Corinne (for Georges an object of erotic obsession), but the concatenation of scenes is not investigative so much as intuitive.
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Sam Sacks, WSJ, 29 July 2022
What follows is an overlong concatenation of OK set pieces featuring oodles of predictable globe-hopping derring-do.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2023
This concatenation of adverse events has prompted comparisons to the nineteen-seventies, when an oil-price shock combined with domestic price pressures led to stagflation and recession.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022
Most computer voice programs use a library of syllables and words to construct sentences, something called concatenation synthesis.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 8 Jan. 2018
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Sam Sacks, WSJ, 29 July 2022
What follows is an overlong concatenation of OK set pieces featuring oodles of predictable globe-hopping derring-do.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2023
This concatenation of adverse events has prompted comparisons to the nineteen-seventies, when an oil-price shock combined with domestic price pressures led to stagflation and recession.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022
Most computer voice programs use a library of syllables and words to construct sentences, something called concatenation synthesis.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 8 Jan. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concatenation
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Robert De Niro’s Number One Priority Is Getting Rid of Trump With sequences filmed throughout the Navajo Nation, this remains one of the best-looking shows being made today.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
8 Mar. 2025
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The answer clearly has something to do with the adrenaline and joy that is on ample display in the documentary’s many action sequences.—
Frank Scheck,
The Hollywood Reporter,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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So goes the slogan of a chain of German home improvement stores that plays up their customers’ pride as weekend contractors.—
Jasmin Jouhar,
Architectural Digest,
10 Mar. 2025
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Consider taking a winter storm kit along with you, including such items as tire chains, booster cables, flashlight, shovel, blankets and extra clothing.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacramento Bee,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Whether traveling by train, bus, plane, or car, this mini purifier will help clean the air around you and your little ones.—
Ramona Saviss,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Mar. 2025
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The train hit the truck on the right side, sending it careening northeast into a switching control box and then a telephone pole.—
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,
arkansasonline.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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The deal is also the latest in a string of private companies letting employees cash out shares and lowering the pressure on themselves to go public.—
Kate Rooney,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2025
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The divisive material included a drawing of a hand controlling a puppet with strings, which Becker and others consider an antisemitic trope portraying Jews as wielding outsized influence in the world.—
Molly Gibbs and Grant Stringer Bay Area News Group (TNS),
arkansasonline.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Concatenation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concatenation. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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