suc
abbreviation
suc
1 Americanabbreviation
suc-
2
American
Example Sentences
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Babylon and Nineveh and ancient Rome," cried he, "wallowed in the wealth of material prosperity, stood naked and unashamed in their perdition—and suc- cumbed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Senator James C. Couzens, progressive ex-Mayor of Detroit and suc- cessor to Mr. Newberry, declared in a public memorandum that demagogues throughout the country are magnifying the difficulties under which railways are operating.
From Time Magazine Archive
The back-to-back suc- cesses made the pair a force to be reckoned with and probably led the studio to let them produce and direct Aliens.
From Time Magazine Archive
He sank his whole fortune financing and building the plane that won the Schneider Cup from Italy in 1922, defended it suc- cessfully the next year.
From Time Magazine Archive
NOTE.—The euphonic variations suc-, suf-, sug-, sum-, sup-, result from assimilating the b of sub- to the initial letter of the root.
From New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words by Swinton, William
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