as in successive
following one after another without others coming in between
the team's winning streak has lasted for seven consecutive games
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Recent Examples of consecutive
After the first drive Monday night, Nix and company generated four first downs per drive for four straight extended marches and got at least one first down on nine consecutive possessions through the rest of the night.
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Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
The Rangers had barely announced their decision to part ways with Bochy after a second consecutive early exit when the speculation linking Bochy to the Giants' opening began.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Trump has the longest consecutive stretch of days, 34, in 2019.
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—George Petras, USA Today, 30 Sep. 2025
Bublé is back for his third consecutive season and is the only holdover coach from Season 27.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
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Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
The Rangers had barely announced their decision to part ways with Bochy after a second consecutive early exit when the speculation linking Bochy to the Giants' opening began.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Trump has the longest consecutive stretch of days, 34, in 2019.
Can't see our graphics?
—George Petras, USA Today, 30 Sep. 2025
Bublé is back for his third consecutive season and is the only holdover coach from Season 27.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consecutive
Adjective
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Sometimes, there are in-person hearings, or successive rounds of comment and counter-comment, but that’s the basic shape of things.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
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The last time Liverpool lost three successive matches, the landscape looked very different.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Brandy turned heads at a CD signing, effortlessly blending early 2000s edge and glamour in a black fur vest, low-rise straight-leg jeans, a sleek black blouse, and knee-high black boots.—
Mecca Pryor,
Essence,
9 Oct. 2025
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Since its season-opening loss to Florida State, Alabama has rebounded nicely with four straight wins, its last two coming over formidable foes in Georgia and Vanderbilt.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Consecutive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consecutive. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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