SUCCEEDED Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

succeeded

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past tense of succeed

as in went

to turn out as planned or desired the advertising campaign that finally succeeded used humor to sell the product

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as in flourished

to reach a desired level of accomplishment if you want to succeed in show business, you have to feel comfortable in front of an audience

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as in followed

to come after in time only the results on election day will tell who will succeed the current president

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Recent Examples of succeeded Moderna’s mRNA vaccine combined with Merck’s immunotherapy Keytruda succeeded in a late-stage trial for skin cancer, the companies said on Wednesday, sending shares of the vaccine maker up 60% in premarket trading. — CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026 But after Carter reset the unit later that year by bringing in new leaders who were native speakers of both the tech world’s dialect and the language of warfighting, the organization succeeded in building a bridge between the two communities. — Doug Beck, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 Bonanno, then one of the family’s leading members, succeeded Maranzano as its head. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026 She was succeeded by Peevy, who previously worked as an athletics administrator at Kentucky and a media relations director for the Southeastern Conference. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Still, very much despite herself, Cusk has not succeeded in expunging character from her work. — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026 De la Espriella succeeded the leftist Gustavo Petro, whose administration was frequently at odds with the White House. — CBS News, 15 Aug. 2026 Dillon Gabriel, who succeeded Milton in 2019, was the last Knights quarterback signed out of high school who started a season. — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026 Bakshi remained something of an underdog even when his work succeeded. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026

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With the patchwork lineup, the Giants had 10 hits and went an impressive 5-for-11 with runners in scoring position to help snap a four-game losing streak.

— Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
The Atlanta Braves also activated a deal with Kalshi without a formal announcement around the start of August that went unnoticed by news media.

— Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 24 Aug. 2026

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Yet, on TikTok, on Threads, and, presumably, in innumerable group texts, a contrarian consensus has flourished.

— Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026
Gravenberch flourished in that position in the title-winning campaign of 2024-25 but found life tougher there last season when Slot’s midfield unit was frequently outrun and outfought.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

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According to a Pew Research Center study, users clicked a traditional search result in only 8% of searches that showed an AI summary, roughly half the rate of searches without one.

— Haozhuang Dai, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
No movement at quarterback The first-team offense still hasn’t clicked.

— Josh Kendall, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of clicked

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Though Sex and the City ended two entire decades ago, many of her most valuable life lessons—usually delivered via purring, zingy one-liners, either with a dirty martini in one hand or while waving a fork over brunch—feel just as relevant today.

— Daisy Jones, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2026
Cloverleaf, a real estate developer founded in 2024, has built a pipeline of projects across North America and delivered multiple gigawatt-scale developments.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026

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The original finders prospered, with George, Jim, and Charlie making about $1 million in gold, while word of their discovery spread.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Aug. 2026
Separating the franchise entries that have lived long and prospered from those that are mere redshirts.

— Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026

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