in succession
idiom
: following one after the other
The guests arrived in succession.
He won the championship twice in succession.
She listed the names in quick/rapid succession.
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Esha Chhabra, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Mats Wieffer is out for the second match in succession with a toe injury.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
The layers are printed like pages in a magazine using a roll-to-roll press, where liquid functional inks are applied and dried in succession.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
As a result, Reagan appears to say in succession sentences that were separated in the original broadcast.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
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Esha Chhabra, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Mats Wieffer is out for the second match in succession with a toe injury.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
The layers are printed like pages in a magazine using a roll-to-roll press, where liquid functional inks are applied and dried in succession.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
As a result, Reagan appears to say in succession sentences that were separated in the original broadcast.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
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“In succession.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20succession. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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