Next and Supporting

Next

Next adjective - Being the one that comes immediately after another.

Supporting and next are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Supporting" instead an adjective "Next".

Supporting

Supporting adjective - Serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something.

Next and supporting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Next" instead an adjective "Supporting".

Both words in one sentence

  • Back for the Finale: All the supporting protagonists, who were each basically Put on a Bus to make room for the next one, show up in The Black Island.
  • Western Animation / Rocky and Bullwinkle Dehh, be with us next time for—well, just be with us next time anyway...gee... Fractured Fairy Tale: Trope Namer, being a title for a supporting segment.
  • Just For Fun / Power Ponies Part of the Marevel Two line, it's the next generation of Power Ponies as we see the heroes older and wiser, but taking a supporting role with the next generation taking the lead.
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