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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For the second away match in succession, Eddie Howe made changes at half-time.
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George Caulkin, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
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
For Pomeroy, hearing her first and middle name out in public really only comes when people are saying the names Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift in succession.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
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George Caulkin, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
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
For Pomeroy, hearing her first and middle name out in public really only comes when people are saying the names Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift in succession.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for in succession
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“In succession.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20succession. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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