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
Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Jan. 2025
Take Inventory After strategizing, the next step is simply to get moving.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2025
James Winebrenner, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Otherwise, expect men to be bad at intimacy when mediated through virtual reality, telepathy, and whatever else comes next.
—Matthew Schnipper, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
Mike Defabo, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
The company has given odds of 8/1 that the pair will tie the knot next year.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
One of his trips was in October, and the next was in November.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Jan. 2025
Take Inventory After strategizing, the next step is simply to get moving.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2025
Adverb
The future of cybersecurity belongs to the innovators—those who can keep pace with the evolving threat landscape and anticipate and prepare for what's coming next.
—James Winebrenner, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Otherwise, expect men to be bad at intimacy when mediated through virtual reality, telepathy, and whatever else comes next.
—Matthew Schnipper, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
Preposition
When 2024 offseason addition Patrick Queen’s cap hit spikes next year, the Steelers are scheduled to again lead the league in defensive spending with $168.4 million, more than $34 million clear of the next-highest spender.
—Mike Defabo, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
The company has given odds of 8/1 that the pair will tie the knot next year.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
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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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On August 16, 2021 — in the wake of an aggressive Taliban advance upon Kabul as the United States rushed its withdrawal from our military position in Afghanistan — Joe Biden addressed the nation to explain the sudden drawdown in forces and the chaos then enveloping the region.The Editors, National Review, 3 Jan. 2025
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The picks are then expected to monopolize the Senate's schedule.Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
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Those chances came and were converted upon on Saturday.Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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The statues of Assad and the posters of his face that adorned every public building lie on the ground, toppled, torn, spat and stomped upon, finally susceptible to his citizens’ loathing and contempt.Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2024
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In the bible, Jesus is resurrected three days later.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025
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Two years later, though, Clinton awarded Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter the Presidential Medal of Freedom.Susan Page, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
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In April, a sheriff’s deputy who was part of a task force focused on keeping the county lockups free of drugs and gang activity was arrested and accused of smuggling drugs into one of the county jails.Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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That, in turn, reduces the higher adjusted amount, which is based on a lower level.Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The Broncos made their second red zone stop of the game to begin the third quarter, holding the Bills to a field goal that extended their lead to 13-7.Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
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This equipment is turned around to make a second trip east bound, so everything is impacted.Larry Penner, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
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Other former council members did not respond to comment or have since died.Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 12 Jan. 2025
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During the president-elect’s first term, Newsom and Trump also maintained a friendly behind-the-scenes relationship, which appears to have since dissipated.Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
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Those who had an income of $106,000 or less in 2023 pay the standard premium, alongside couples who made less than or equal to $212,000.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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The new DeepMind team will work alongside existing Google AI projects including its flagship Gemini AI models, Veo video generator, and Genie — Google’s prior world model for simulating playable 3D environments in real-time.Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Next.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/next. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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