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
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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Arkansas Online, 27 Feb. 2026
Anthropic researchers have increasingly voiced concerns about what each successive version of Claude learns about its own character based on training data that now includes news articles and social media commentary about Claude itself.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
The 19th Amendment guaranteed women's suffrage, and successive waves of feminism led to an expansion of their rights and opportunities.
—Kenji Yoshino, Time, 25 Feb. 2026
And then, on successive days, came the videos of putting Wonder Woman back together again.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2026
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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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