: an arrangement of the tenses of successive verbs in a sentence designed to express a coherent relationship especially between main and subordinate parts
Noun He listened to the telephone messages in sequence. a chase sequence in a spy movie I enjoyed the movie's opening sequence.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Movies based on true stories don’t typically open with a sequence made with stop-motion animation. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2022 The film opens with a sequence that captures the fear and loathing of Monroe’s childhood. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 Sep. 2022 White Noise ends with a dance sequence in a supermarket set to a new new track by LCD Soundsystem, a track Baumbach simply asked the band’s frontman James Murphy to write. Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2022 When the team implemented the new program with the quasi-periodic sequence, Quantinuum’s processor was indeed protected for the full length of the test: 5.5 seconds. Zeeya Merali, Scientific American, 26 July 2022 But right around the halfway point, that advantage for Dixon and Herta would all but disappear with the sequence of three cautions in less than 15 laps. Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 17 July 2022 Viewers are plunged in the deep end with an immersive opening sequence depicting the aftermath of a ship’s destruction. Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2022 The episode begins with a sequence detailing Lalo’s elaborate yet invisible method for spying on the laundry atop the Super Lab dig site. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 May 2022 The movie starts with a fight sequence featuring Defender Strange. Chris Smith, BGR, 15 May 2022
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Enter Illumina, which makes platforms that sequence genetic tests for the likes of fetal abnormalities and Covid variants. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2022 For the new data, the team connected with local hunters and used tissue samples taken from the hunters’ kills to sequence the bears' genomes. Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 21 June 2022 One group of scientists is working on a pangenomic project that aims to sequence 350 genomes collected from around the world, which would capture a robust view of human genetic diversity. Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Mar. 2022 About 20 years ago, a small team of researchers led by Jeffery Taubenberger and Ann Reid figured out how to sequence the genome of the 1918 flu. Steven Salzberg, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022 Investigators have tried to sequence the entire genome of an adenovirus from one of the patients, but have not yet been able to get a sample with enough of the virus to do that. Brenda Goodman, CNN, 6 May 2022 But Mittelman said Othram has the ability to sequence an entire genome, rather than just a segment, which enables matches to be made more quickly and completely.Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2022 The team, which grew to more than a hundred and twenty researchers, used nine supercomputer processing centers to sequence and analyze the genomes of forty-eight birds. Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 15 July 2022 For example, one startup recently announced a low-cost sequencing platform that delivers a $100 genome—hundreds less than the current cost to sequence today. Demaris Mills, Forbes, 24 June 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin sequentia, from Late Latin, sequel, literally, act of following, from Latin sequent-, sequens, present participle of sequi