successive
adjective
suc·ces·sive
sək-ˈse-siv 
1
: following in order : following each other without interruption
their fourth successive victory
2
: characterized by or produced in succession
successively
adverb
successiveness
noun
Synonyms
Examples of successive in a Sentence
a trait found in successive generations
made the honor roll for three successive school terms
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That, combined with needing to repeat those steps with each successive kids’ device, makes parental control apps frustrating.
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Wes Davis, The Verge, 5 June 2024
In successive actions, academic workers soon walked off the job at UCLA, UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz — schools where UAW members collectively teach more than 5,130 undergraduate classes, seminars, discussion sections and laboratory sections, the university system said.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2024
But with each successive hit album, his outsized influence on Canada and the country’s rap scene grew.
—Hazlitt, 30 May 2024
Some of the programs had shrunk in successive Farm Bills, which are five-year legislative packages that covers most agricultural subsidies, and about two-thirds of farmers who applied each year got nothing.
—Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 30 May 2024
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Wes Davis, The Verge, 5 June 2024
In successive actions, academic workers soon walked off the job at UCLA, UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz — schools where UAW members collectively teach more than 5,130 undergraduate classes, seminars, discussion sections and laboratory sections, the university system said.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2024
But with each successive hit album, his outsized influence on Canada and the country’s rap scene grew.
—Hazlitt, 30 May 2024
Some of the programs had shrunk in successive Farm Bills, which are five-year legislative packages that covers most agricultural subsidies, and about two-thirds of farmers who applied each year got nothing.
—Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 30 May 2024
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successive
adjective
suc·ces·sive
sək-ˈses-iv
: following in order : following each other without interruption
failed in three successive tries
successively
adverb
successiveness
noun
Legal Definition
successive
adjective
suc·ces·sive
sək-ˈse-siv
1
a
: of or relating to succession
successive rights
b
: created by succession
2
: following in order : following each other without interruption
successive bankruptcy filings
3
: of, relating to, or being a petition for habeas corpus that raises a claim already adjudicated
successively
adverb
successiveness
noun
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