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Discover Ludwig"were succeeded" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is the past tense passive form of the verb "succeed," which means to follow or come after something else. Example: After many failed attempts, the team's hard work paid off and they were finally succeeded by winning the championship.
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were succeeded
verb
To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of.
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Phone threats were succeeded by physical threats.
They were succeeded by small narrative paintings.
These were succeeded by herb-rich open alder carrs.
The Gangas were succeeded by the Surya dynasty.
(Herrman and Buchanan were succeeded, in 2016, by Silvia Killingsworth).
Book-related firms were succeeded by smaller, less-prominent tenants.
These early rulers were succeeded by the Awan (Shūstar) dynasty.
The Normans ruled southern Italy between 1130 and 1198 and were succeeded by the German Hohenstaufen.
Regimes supported by nobles were succeeded by regimes supported by other elites.
As Garvey describes, these were succeeded by something closer to what we think of as scrapbooks.
Both men were succeeded by Johnsons, who were also born 100 years apart.
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