sequentially

as in successively
in succession without others coming in between number the art prints in the limited edition sequentially so that collectors will know which one they have

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Recent Examples of sequentially Casting director Ben Grimes sits with creative director Stefano Gallici and his team, and sequentially, models come in, say an enthusiastic hello, hand over their image, do a short walk across the room and back, and exit. — Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026 In the third quarter, revenues in the region were up 2 percent organically, slightly decelerating sequentially, mainly due to slower traffic during the summer period. — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026 Scaling without sacrificing speed Traditional large language models generate text sequentially, predicting one token at a time. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026 This uses distinct propellant grains that are arranged sequentially inside the motor casing and separated into two or more independent chambers. — New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026 Pepsi's North American convenient foods business, which includes brands like Doritos and Quaker Oats, saw its organic revenue improve sequentially. — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026 The 52-piece instrumental Astronomia albums were released sequentially on the spring equinox, summer solstice, fall equinox, and winter solstice of 2021. — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 8 Sep. 2026 Activities that once moved sequentially across teams increasingly operate in continuous loops, with signals interpreted in real time, actions coordinated across channels, and outcomes fed directly back into the system. — Harvard Business Review, 4 Sep. 2026 In a normal Transformer, tokens—the units of information that large language models process—are passed from lower layers of a model’s neural network to higher layers sequentially, with each layer applying mathematical operations in turn. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
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Adverb
  • Their concentrations then increase at successively higher trophic levels (levels of the food chain) as organisms consume contaminated prey.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Samsung has successively shaved a few millimeters off every year, taking a leap last year with the Z Fold 7.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • Among the 20 lineups around the NBA that entered Wednesday with at least 30 minutes played together this season, the Heat’s starting lineup owned the second-worst net rating.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The glue that binds them together is a belief that government is best that governs the very least.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • For count two, Bell received 43 months in prison, which will run consecutively to the first count.
    — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Chamberlain did it four times — consecutively from 1959 through 1962 — and Jordan did it in 1986, 1989 and 1995.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

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“Sequentially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequentially. Accessed 31 Oct. 2026.

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