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Synonyms & Antonyms for sequel
Synonyms
aftereffect, aftermath, backwash, child, conclusion, consequence, corollary, development, effect, fate, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, precipitate, product, result, resultant, sequence, upshot
Antonyms
antecedent, causation, cause, occasion, reason
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Instead, joining Lana on the script of this Matrix sequel are the novelists David Mitchell, whose opus Cloud Atlas was adapted for film by the Wachowskis in 2012, and Aleksandar Hemon, the author of Nowhere Man and The Lazarus Project. — David Sims, The Atlantic, "The Matrix 4 Could Be Just What Hollywood Needs," 21 Aug. 2019 In this sequel, four teenage girls decide to go scuba diving to explore the ruins of an underwater city off the coast of Brazil. — Ramona Sentinel, "Flickers: ‘Angel Has Fallen’ and ‘Overcomer’ open Friday," 20 Aug. 2019 The studio's lousy end-result for this sequel was likely cushioned by the afterglow of Spider-Man: Far From Home, which surpassed Skyfall's $1.1 billion haul to become the studio's top-ever grosser. — Isaac Feldberg, Fortune, "‘Good Boys’: Why the Universal Comedy’s First-Place Finish Has Hollywood Cheering," 19 Aug. 2019 Squad is also an interactive marketing agency and is not directly involved in the making of this sequel; some of its former game-development talent was hired by Valve in 2017. — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, "Kerbal Space Program 2 will take flight in 2020—here’s the first trailer," 19 Aug. 2019 Our heroes battle more Nazis plus a shape-shifting reptilian race in this sequel to the 2012 sci-fi action comedy. — Matt Cooper, latimes.com, "L.A. movie openings, July 14-21: A CGI remake of ‘The Lion King,’ an ‘Iron Sky’ sequel and more," 14 July 2019 Surely, The Conjuring stars Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga must’ve enjoyed a couple cheerful afternoons filming their overextended cameos in this prequel-sequel. — Darren Franich, EW.com, "Annabelle Comes Home pushes the Conjuring universe toward absurdity: EW review," 24 June 2019 With this third sequel to Toy Story, Pixar has gotten away with pushing its own expiration date on the series. — Scott Tobias, The Verge, "Toy Story 4 lowers the stakes and ramps up the whimsy," 21 June 2019 But unlike John Wick, the audience for this sequel was less than half of that for the first, which opened to $18.2 million. — Lindsey Bahr, The Seattle Times, "‘John Wick 3’ dethrones ‘Avengers: Endgame’ with $57 million," 21 May 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sequel.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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