as in together
in succession without others coming in between
as he moved up the corporate ladder, he ensconced his family in successively larger homes
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Recent Examples of successively
Close to 40 years later, the quadruple toe loop has become normalized, appearing successively in more programs in each of the past four Games.
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Robert Samuels, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
Not many entertainment studios can say they’re successively owned by a media company, a dialup power player, a media company again, a telecom megalith, a cable giant and a software scion.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
It was worn successively by Queen Hortense, Queen Marie-Amelie and Isabelle of Orleans, according to the Louvre.
—ABC News, 20 Oct. 2025
Mary named one of her daughters Salome, after the Hasmonean mother queen Salome Alexandra, who ruled the country from 76 to 67 BC and was married, successively, to both sons of John Hyrcanus, the son of Simon the Maccabee.
—Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
The activity marks the third such year that insiders have sold their post-vesting stock but this period stands out as it's accelerated each year at successively higher prices.
—Nick Wells,sarah Min, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025
The trusts were successively layered, meaning that each trust named the next trust in the series as its beneficiary.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Robert Samuels, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
Not many entertainment studios can say they’re successively owned by a media company, a dialup power player, a media company again, a telecom megalith, a cable giant and a software scion.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
It was worn successively by Queen Hortense, Queen Marie-Amelie and Isabelle of Orleans, according to the Louvre.
—ABC News, 20 Oct. 2025
Mary named one of her daughters Salome, after the Hasmonean mother queen Salome Alexandra, who ruled the country from 76 to 67 BC and was married, successively, to both sons of John Hyrcanus, the son of Simon the Maccabee.
—Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
The activity marks the third such year that insiders have sold their post-vesting stock but this period stands out as it's accelerated each year at successively higher prices.
—Nick Wells,sarah Min, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025
The trusts were successively layered, meaning that each trust named the next trust in the series as its beneficiary.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for successively
Adverb
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Modern warfare has shown that traditional radar systems often struggle to identify and monitor many small drones flying together.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
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What gets funny is that the almond and this male and his current wife are all raising the two babies together.—
Lisa Gutierrez
March 13,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The judge ruled that his term would run consecutively—not concurrently–with his New York sentence.—
Maer Roshan,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
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Montreal took three penalties, two coming almost consecutively, and were outshot 16-1 by the Kings, who scored the period’s only goal and had another from Samuel Helenius disallowed for goalie interference by Jeff Malott.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
8 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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His forecast could turn out to be correct, even as the price of oil repeatedly breaks $100 a barrel despite efforts from the US and other nations to ease the pain.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Ricks apologized repeatedly to several relatives of his victims who looked on, particularly Marcus Figueroa.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Camp Sarika, Habitas, and Banyan Tree opened sequentially from 2020-2022 during the pandemic, as travelers around the world sought outdoor retreats that allowed for social distancing.—
Laura Dannen Redman,
Robb Report,
12 Mar. 2026
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Through a specialized gearbox, both power sources can drive the propeller shaft simultaneously, sharing the workload rather than operating sequentially.—
David Szondy
March 07,
New Atlas,
7 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Rhoda says the system can continuously observe its surroundings, forecast future states as video, act on those predictions, and repeat the process every few hundred milliseconds.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Mar. 2026
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This article is being continuously updated.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
11 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Evolutionary importance and modern life While the appendix has an interesting past, with evolution continually reinventing it, its modern importance is modest at best.—
Lilia Goncharova,
The Conversation,
9 Mar. 2026
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The physical 5-foot-10 guard continually attacked the basket and scored a game-high 44 points, including sinking 14 of 19 free throws.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Here’s what the serially successful executive coach and popular children’s author has to say about fear, both in the C-suite and on the home front.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
11 Dec. 2025
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The only other nations serially producing fifth-generation fighters are the US, with its F-35 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor, and China, with its Chengdu J-20 and Shenyang J-35.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Nov. 2025
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“Successively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/successively. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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