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• v  attain success or reach a desired goal
  The enterprise succeeded
  We succeeded in getting tickets to the show
• v  be the successor (of)
  Will Charles succeed to the throne?

• He said that the surge couldn't succeed.
• The highly subtle contest to succeed the Pope is under way 3262001 Rome's Next Choice? Arch-conservative Cardinal Ratzinger emerges as a possible successor to .
• Designers succeed because she anoints them.

• win
• come through
• bring home the bacon
• deliver the goods
• come after
• follow

• fail
• precede

News & Articles

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• Erika Stein to succeed Steve Prokop as Kalaupapa National Park superintendent
  Acting Kalaupapa National Historical Park Superintendent Erika Stein has been selected to succeed Steve Prokop as the park's superintendent, according to an announcement from the National Park Service.
  June 12, 2013 - The Maui News
• GE Names Keith Sherin Chairman and CEO of GE Capital; Jeff Bornstein to succeed Sherin as CFO of GE
  GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt announced today the appointment of Keith Sherin as chairman and CEO of GE Capital, succeeding Mike Neal, who is retiring. Immelt also announced that GE Capital CFO Jeff Bornstein will succeed Sherin as CFO of GE.
  June 12, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
• NetApp Celebrates Customers Who Unleash the Power of IT With Annual Innovation Awards Event
  Organizations that succeed in today's business and public service environments embody an innovative spirit that inspires them to leverage IT to achieve remarkable results. During this year's ninth annual ...
  June 12, 2013 - Marketwired via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• David Villa in Financial News USA (press release)
  The disappointment is very big. We had a lot as our goal and we didn't succeed.For the Spanish, it's everything they've been working for these last four years.We worked hard to get here and now we have made the final,Villa said. "It's a...
• Philipp Lahm in The Associated Press
  Right now, I really don't feel like playing for third place,captain Philipp Lahm said. "The disappointment is very big. We had a lot as our goal and we didn't succeed."
• Barack Obama in istockAnalyst.com (press release)
  The only way this transition will succeed is if it strengthens our economy in the short term and the long run,Obama said. "To fail to recognize this reality would be a mistake."