Collocations withsuccessor
These are words often used in combination withsuccessor.
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immediate successor
Furthermore, since self-concatenation is value increasing, each element in the sequence is better than its immediate successor.
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obvious successor
This ship will be something over 10,000 tons: and an obvious successor to the cruiser.
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possible successor
Obviously the cost of a possible successor varies between the options and is a factor in choosing between them.
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potential successor
Instances where there was more than one son as a potential successor were considerably fewer than the number of recorded successions by eldest sons.
From theCambridge English Corpus
successor regime
Brick further faults the postcapitalists for failing to recognize that a qualitative break must occur between capitalism and its "successor regime" (269).
From theCambridge English Corpus
worthy successor
He will prove a very worthy successor to his constituency and his paternal predecessors.
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