- present participle of succeed.
succeeding
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German Gen. Carsten Breuer will take over as chair of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s military committee from July, succeeding Italian Adm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Next described the decision as a "landmark victory" succeeding on the "key issue of basic pay".
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
“Songs and tunes, unmoored from formal commercial and legal mechanisms, give succeeding singers and players the freedom to reshape those pieces,” Mr. Wade writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
It was unclear what chance the latest complaint has of succeeding, given the cited law existed when the allegations were first presented.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
I knew, as everyone knows, the true but incomplete statement of the problem—that an original sin of the fathers was being visited on the children of succeeding generations.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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