as in following
being the one that comes immediately after another
my house is the next one turn at the next street, not this one she was next in line for concert tickets
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Recent Examples of next
Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2024
What's next: The Lions hope to get some defenders back before hosting the Buffalo Bills next week.
—Everett Cook, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 6 Dec. 2024
What’s more certain to happen is that ByteDance would appeal the court decision today and take it to the Supreme Court next, which is expected to take the case and issue its decision later next year.
—Zeyi Yang Makena Kelly, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
Jamie Lang, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024
The cooling inflation rate could add pressure to the Swiss National Bank to cut interest rates further, as the institution prepares to make a decision on its monetary policy next week.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2024
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That figure also represented the total number of employees that could be hired, without calculating the impact of the number of IRS workers who are expected to retire or leave the department over the next several years.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2024
What's next: The Lions hope to get some defenders back before hosting the Buffalo Bills next week.
—Everett Cook, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
Adverb
Up next, Kai Collective has launched its final drop of the year.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 6 Dec. 2024
What’s more certain to happen is that ByteDance would appeal the court decision today and take it to the Supreme Court next, which is expected to take the case and issue its decision later next year.
—Zeyi Yang Makena Kelly, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
Preposition
Both films will get limited theatrical runs next spring.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024
The cooling inflation rate could add pressure to the Swiss National Bank to cut interest rates further, as the institution prepares to make a decision on its monetary policy next week.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for next
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Rogan developed a following first and foremost as a comedian, a mixed-martial-arts personality, and a dude who’s really into galaxy-brain ideas, weird conspiracy theories, and his own beliefs about the world, some of which are noxious.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
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The series’ increasing scale and globe-trotting in its following seasons unfortunately resulted in Ryder being sometimes siloed from the main action; so many of her romantic-relationship beats and her obsessive concern for Will feel like regurgitations of her season-one arc.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
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Researchers then tried to verify those findings by analyzing aerial and satellite images from Google Earth.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 5 Dec. 2024
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The Saab then crossed into the opposite lane, striking a Buick Encore that was headed east, according to Johnson.Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 Dec. 2024
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And then, on this trip in the last several days, living in the shadow of this larger-than-life character and feeling constantly put upon and shamed by him and embarrassed by him.Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
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The Trump administration’s HHS designees are uniquely equipped to build upon and accelerate that effort.Michael L. Millenson, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
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The suspect was seen taking a cab at around 7 a.m. on the Upper West Side and at an uptown bus station about 45 minutes later, according to police.Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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Forty years later, Hindu Americans in public life are facing the same stereotypes in spades.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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The agency also has information on what to do if a business receives a notice from their office.Laurel Demkovich, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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In March, Gomez shared a sweet birthday tribute to Blanco on Instagram.Marina Watts, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Annual consumer inflation increased for the second straight month, up 2.7% in November and the largest jump since July.Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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Stage 2: The second stage is characterized by scarring surrounding the duct.Mark Gurarie, Health, 13 Dec. 2024
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The drones were first spotted on Nov. 18 and have since been seen frequently after that night.Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Read joined Days of Our Lives in 2014 and has played Clyde — who is the estranged father of Ben Rogers (Robert Scott Wilson) and stepfather of Jordan Ridgeway (Chrishell Stause) — in over 250 episodes since.Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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Derek Hough, another former pro on the series who now sits on its judging panel alongside Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli, may have won three times as many golds as Burke, but Burke has displayed a uniquely incisive eye for gameplay and technique on her podcast.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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Cassidy was seen attending Payne's funeral in England on Nov. 20, alongside his One Direction bandmates Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and Niall Horan.Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Next.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/next. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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