one after another
idiom
1
: in a continuing series
The buses kept arriving, one after another.
One person after another walked out of the concert.
2
: each one in a continuing series
One after another of her friends got married and moved away.
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The play’s strongest scenes come as a pair, one after another, at its end.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
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—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 27 Nov. 2025
The quantum computer can manipulate all the possible states at once, rather than one after another.
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The family’s connection was impossible to miss, especially as the brothers popped into frame one after another to greet their sleepy sister.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
The familiar clips roll in, one after another, and are an ode to all things Michigan.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 27 Nov. 2025
The quantum computer can manipulate all the possible states at once, rather than one after another.
—Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 25 Nov. 2025
The family’s connection was impossible to miss, especially as the brothers popped into frame one after another to greet their sleepy sister.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for one after another
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“One after another.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one%20after%20another. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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