as in successively
following one after another without others coming in between
talked of retirement after winning the title four times consecutively
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Recent Examples of consecutively
Any film title with a word that contains a letter followed by the same letter, consecutively, undivided by a space or punctuation.
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 28 May 2025
One year from the latter sentence is set to be served consecutively.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 13 June 2025
Kansas has not consecutively elected different governors of the same party in decades.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2025
The index advanced for 16 months consecutively from August 2020 to December 2021.
—Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 28 May 2025
One year from the latter sentence is set to be served consecutively.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 13 June 2025
Kansas has not consecutively elected different governors of the same party in decades.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2025
The index advanced for 16 months consecutively from August 2020 to December 2021.
—Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consecutively
Adverb
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Incorporating ways to laugh together and have fun can reduce stress and increase communication, trust, and creativity.—
Stacey Stratton,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, and Ward haven’t all taken the stage together since 2005, with Ward declining to participate in some of the band’s more recent shows (like their 2016 The End Tour).—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
30 June 2025
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Russian officials have repeatedly raised concerns about escalation and the potential for nuclear fallout.—
Dan Gooding
Barney Henderson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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While administration officials have repeatedly said that regime change is not the objective of the White House, Trump on Sunday evening publicly mused about its prospects if Iran does not come to the negotiating table in good faith.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
23 June 2025
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“Consecutively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consecutively. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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