as in consecutive
following one after another without others coming in between
explained that if the two required algebra semesters weren't sequential, the students would likely forget the material
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Recent Examples of sequential
Although 2025 menswear sales are expected to see a contraction versus the previous year, the sequential improvements in the third and fourth quarters cast some hope on the sector.
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Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 13 Jan. 2026
The footage spans non-sequential, seemingly arbitrary time periods dating back to July 5, 2019, more than a month before Epstein's death.
—Daniel Ruetenik, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
In December 2024, Aman Bhargava and Vivek Matthew began writing scripts to crawl through the e-CinePramaan’s sequential URLs.
—Viren Naidu, IndieWire, 18 Dec. 2025
The research team developed a route-planning system for Astrobee, the ISS’s robotic assistant, that leverages sequential convex programming—a method that decomposes complex trajectory planning into smaller, tractable steps while guaranteeing safety and feasibility.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
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Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 13 Jan. 2026
The footage spans non-sequential, seemingly arbitrary time periods dating back to July 5, 2019, more than a month before Epstein's death.
—Daniel Ruetenik, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
In December 2024, Aman Bhargava and Vivek Matthew began writing scripts to crawl through the e-CinePramaan’s sequential URLs.
—Viren Naidu, IndieWire, 18 Dec. 2025
The research team developed a route-planning system for Astrobee, the ISS’s robotic assistant, that leverages sequential convex programming—a method that decomposes complex trajectory planning into smaller, tractable steps while guaranteeing safety and feasibility.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sequential
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Coach Mark Byington, who is 41-17 in his second season at Vanderbilt, has led the program to consecutive 20-win seasons for the first time since 2011-12 under Kevin Stallings.—
Tom Murphy,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026
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Meantime, her teammate Kaillie Armbrusrer Humphries, who took bronze, has now medaled in five consecutive Olympics.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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The common factor in all of this is the Federal Reserve (albeit acting in very good faith in response to successive defense, financial and health crises) increased the amount of money sloshing around relative to the size of the economy to unprecedented levels.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
15 Feb. 2026
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Real Madrid is hosting Real Sociedad later and aiming for an eighth successive league win to pressure Barcelona before the leader’s match at Girona on Monday.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Sequential.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequential. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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