as in successively
following one after another without others coming in between
talked of retirement after winning the title four times consecutively
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Recent Examples of consecutively
The other thing is, in the menopausal portion of a transition, usually the symptoms will intensify in the first two to three years after it’s been diagnosed because of their menstrual cycle not being there for 12 months consecutively.
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Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 15 Oct. 2025
Wilson set a new WNBA record for points in a postseason and also recorded her ninth playoff game of at least 25 points and 10 rebounds, becoming the only player to ever do so consecutively.
—Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
The celestial phenomenon occurs three or four times annually and always appears consecutively.
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Diddy faces a maximum of ten years on each transportation count; if Subramanian made the uncommon decision to sentence him consecutively, this would be a 20-year term.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
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Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 15 Oct. 2025
Wilson set a new WNBA record for points in a postseason and also recorded her ninth playoff game of at least 25 points and 10 rebounds, becoming the only player to ever do so consecutively.
—Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
The celestial phenomenon occurs three or four times annually and always appears consecutively.
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Diddy faces a maximum of ten years on each transportation count; if Subramanian made the uncommon decision to sentence him consecutively, this would be a 20-year term.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consecutively
Adverb
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Not many entertainment studios can say they’re successively owned by a media company, a dialup power player, a media company again, a telecom megalith, a cable giant and a software scion.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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It was worn successively by Queen Hortense, Queen Marie-Amelie and Isabelle of Orleans, according to the Louvre.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Agents with Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin's office last week arrested two Helena-West Helena residents, one of them an employee with the state Department of Corrections, accused of working together to defraud the state's Medicaid program, a Tuesday news release from Griffin's office states.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Nov. 2025
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Cuomo’s desperate campaign — almost certainly his last — tried to knit together a coalition of Republicans, independents, and Democrats worried that a socialist mayor would wreck their city and their party.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
5 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Metals and mining sales were flat sequentially.—
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CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
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Also called wild hyacinth or Atlantic camas, this adaptable perennial produces spikes of up to twenty pale blue, pink, or white blooms that open sequentially from the bottom upward.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
27 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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His touch and his decision making is repeatedly letting him down.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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In the 2000s, Andrew was repeatedly accused of misusing his position as a British trade envoy for his personal advantage.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Consecutively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consecutively. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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