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: subsequent development
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: the next installment (as of a speech or story)
especially
: a literary, cinematic, or televised work continuing the course of a story begun in a preceding one
Examples of sequel in a Sentence
The new film is a sequel to the very successful comedy that came out five years ago.
He is busy writing the book's sequel.
There is an interesting sequel to my date with her that I'll share with you later.
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The sequel to his 2016 action-thriller The Accountant will premiere at the SXSW Film Festival on March 8 and hit theaters on April 25.
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Charna Flam, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
But many now fear the president's eagerness could strong-arm Ukraine into a dangerous, temporary halt to the aggression that would allow Russia time to reconstitute its battered forces for a sequel in the fighting.
—Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 21 Feb. 2025
Last Friday, a Warner Bros. representative confirmed to EW that a sequel to the cult classic was officially in the works, with Potsy Ponciroli writing its screenplay.
—EW.com, 21 Feb. 2025
In its struggle of the soul, national and personal, with a swig or two of liberal cosplay, Zero Day is maybe even a spiritual sequel to the 1995 Michael Douglas flick.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
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Charna Flam, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
But many now fear the president's eagerness could strong-arm Ukraine into a dangerous, temporary halt to the aggression that would allow Russia time to reconstitute its battered forces for a sequel in the fighting.
—Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 21 Feb. 2025
Last Friday, a Warner Bros. representative confirmed to EW that a sequel to the cult classic was officially in the works, with Potsy Ponciroli writing its screenplay.
—EW.com, 21 Feb. 2025
In its struggle of the soul, national and personal, with a swig or two of liberal cosplay, Zero Day is maybe even a spiritual sequel to the 1995 Michael Douglas flick.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sequel
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“Sequel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sequel. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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Etymology
Middle English sequel, sequele "follower, series," from early French sequelle (same meaning), from Latin sequella, sequela "follower," from sequi "to follow" — related to consecutive, pursue, second entry 1, sequence
Medical Definition
sequel
noun
se·quel
ˈsē-kwəl also -ˌkwel
: sequela
gangrene is … a sequel of wounds—Robert Chawner
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