Question: Sentence 1: This led to an unfortunate chain of events.
Sentence 2: A chain of ideas, one leading to the next.
Does chain mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer: the same meaning

Question: Sentence 1: A chain of mountains.
Sentence 2: The chain of command.
Does chain mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer: the same meaning

Question: Sentence 1: She enjoyed her brief taste of independence.
Sentence 2: His cold deprived him of his sense of taste.
Does taste mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer:
different meanings