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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Rus marks 2017 as the year for the rise of transformer architectures, and then cites three successive software advances in three consecutive years - AlphaFold in 2020, Stable Diffusion in 2021 AlphaCode in 2022.
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John Werner, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
And with pressure mounting on head coach Mike McCarthy’s shoulders after two successive under-par postseason defeats, that is the expectation for Dallas.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 13 Oct. 2024
Yamamoto gave up successive singles to Kyle Higashioka and Luis Arráez in the third inning, but forced Fernando Tatis Jr. to ground into a double play.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
After successive setbacks for Tehran, including Israel’s assassination of the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was left with little choice but to respond.
—Saeid Golkar, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024
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John Werner, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
And with pressure mounting on head coach Mike McCarthy’s shoulders after two successive under-par postseason defeats, that is the expectation for Dallas.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 13 Oct. 2024
Yamamoto gave up successive singles to Kyle Higashioka and Luis Arráez in the third inning, but forced Fernando Tatis Jr. to ground into a double play.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
After successive setbacks for Tehran, including Israel’s assassination of the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was left with little choice but to respond.
—Saeid Golkar, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 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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