successionally

as in successively
in succession without others coming in between the bumptious reporter asked three questions successionally before anyone else could get a word in

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Adverb
  • The status had previously been renewed successively and, despite the move to end these protections, the State Department warns against traveling to either Haiti or Syria, citing widespread violence, crime, terrorism, and kidnapping.
    Reuters, USA Today, 28 June 2026
  • Brazilian Carlos Alberto Parreira has the record number of World Cup appearances as a coach with six, but not successively.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 16 June 2026
Adverb
  • As thousands sing, clap and chant together, attendees describe a feeling of bliss and belonging, a chance to step outside the pressures of work, studies and an increasingly competitive society.
    Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
  • Guests also visited a memory table filled with photos of Love and her father together, along with some of his favorite things, including a football, weights and his scriptures.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
Adverb
  • Trump has repeatedly maligned Haitian immigrants, including falsely accusing the Haitians who are living in Ohio of eating people's pets.
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • That meant fewer shots on target and a lot more fouls with players crashing on the pitch repeatedly.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2026
Adverb
  • The desire to have a steady hand running foreign policy meant that getting him through the Senate would be easy.
    Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Jomo Fray’s camera basks in textures the same way the scenes are immersed in sounds, focusing on the child’s fingers caressing the fish scales or her hand running through the babbling creek.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2023
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“Successionally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/successionally. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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