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
The judge who presided over the murder charges linked to the death of 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro ordered the defendant to serve the sentences consecutively, the prosecutor’s office said in a news release.
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Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 4 Nov. 2025
The two three-year sentences for armed criminal action will also run concurrently with each other, but consecutively to the murder and assault sentences.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2025
He was also sentenced to over six years in prison for other offenses, to run consecutively.
—Megan Forrester, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2025
His sci-fi comedy Dying For You, horror film Bad Boy and romantic comedy One Night Only were consecutively selected.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
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Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 4 Nov. 2025
The two three-year sentences for armed criminal action will also run concurrently with each other, but consecutively to the murder and assault sentences.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2025
He was also sentenced to over six years in prison for other offenses, to run consecutively.
—Megan Forrester, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2025
His sci-fi comedy Dying For You, horror film Bad Boy and romantic comedy One Night Only were consecutively selected.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consecutively
Adverb
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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
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It was worn successively by Queen Hortense, Queen Marie-Amelie and Isabelle of Orleans, according to the Louvre.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Over the sound of jingle bells, JUNGWON, HEESEUNG, JAY, JAKE, SUNGHOON, SUNOO and NI-KI take turns singing lead while the others blend together in gorgeous harmony.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
11 Nov. 2025
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Others work together and can even boost each other’s effects.—
Abby Norman,
Verywell Health,
11 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Amin said the second quarter is expected to see the greatest hit from tariffs and the impact is expected to moderate sequentially from there.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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Also called wild hyacinth or Atlantic camas, this adaptable perennial produces spikes of up to twenty pale blue, pink, or white blooms that open sequentially from the bottom upward.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
27 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Organizers made the decision after protesters repeatedly disrupted the recent Spanish Vuelta in the presence of Israel-Premier Tech.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Quagliano has repeatedly denied that and defended the bank’s aircraft business as profitable.—
Justin Wingerter,
Denver Post,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Consecutively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consecutively. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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