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
For that attack, Bartelt was convicted of first-degree reckless endangerment and sentenced to five years — served consecutively with his life sentence for Jessie’s murder.
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Christina Coulter, People.com, 27 July 2025
One of the 20-year sentences will be served concurrently, and the other two sentences will be served consecutively, bringing Mercado’s total prison time to 60 years, 23rd Judicial District Attorney’s Office spokesperson Tom Mustin said.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 22 July 2025
Homelessness has gone up 30% consecutively over the past 3 years, Oliphant said.
—Zuri Primos, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2025
The armed violence sentence is to be served consecutively with the murder sentence, and the residential burglary time to be served consecutively with the other two sentences, according to the release.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2025
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Christina Coulter, People.com, 27 July 2025
One of the 20-year sentences will be served concurrently, and the other two sentences will be served consecutively, bringing Mercado’s total prison time to 60 years, 23rd Judicial District Attorney’s Office spokesperson Tom Mustin said.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 22 July 2025
Homelessness has gone up 30% consecutively over the past 3 years, Oliphant said.
—Zuri Primos, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2025
The armed violence sentence is to be served consecutively with the murder sentence, and the residential burglary time to be served consecutively with the other two sentences, according to the release.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consecutively
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But that's not the only time Nancy and Steve have worked together.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Family and friends gathered together on Tuesday to celebrate the life of the World Wrestling Federation Hall of Famer at a private memorial service that took place at Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park & Funeral Home in Clearwater, Fla.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
5 Aug. 2025
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During his first term, Trump issued a memo ordering that immigrants without lawful status be excluded from the population count used to apportion House seats and repeatedly sought to add a citizenship question to the census for the first time since 1950.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
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President Trump has repeatedly said that FEMA should be eliminated.—
Rebecca Hersher,
NPR,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Consecutively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consecutively. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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