Returning
Returning adjective - Tending to be turned back.
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Succeeding and returning are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Succeeding" instead an adjective "Returning".
Succeeding
Succeeding adjective - Being the one that comes immediately after another.
Returning and succeeding are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Returning" instead an adjective "Succeeding".
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- Finally close to succeeding only to encounter more difficulties, his response to the returning demons in his head?
Source: I'm Not Afraid of You - It also inverts this: making the intensity lower than normal costs you hearts outright instead of returning them to you for succeeding, reduces the number of enemies present, and reduces the heart drops of what enemies there are, effectively costing you hearts both ways.
Source: Hard Mode Perks -
Ripple Effect Indicator: The Divergence Meter, which shows the current world line's percent divergence and how close Okabe is to succeeding in returning to the beta world line.
Source: Visual Novel / Steins;Gate
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