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 Kering was the outlier with first-half sales off 3%, though results sequentially improved from -4% in first quarter to -1% in the second. Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Assembly teams have been installing these core sector modules sequentially since April 2025. Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 30 July 2026 Pneumatic compression boots inflate and deflate sequentially around the legs, creating a wave-like squeezing action. Chloe Burcham, Vogue, 30 July 2026 Although search engines could quickly yield countless results, humans were the ones who had to process them, sequentially and slowly. Daron Acemoglu, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026 The company said its AI PC revenues improved 26% sequentially and edge deployments (computing close to where the data is created) now make up about 10% of segment revenue. Jeff Marks, CNBC, 23 July 2026 Scientific breakthroughs can be funded by a variety of sectors, jointly or sequentially. Eric Schmidt, Time, 16 July 2026 Although the numbers on the chassis were divided into various unrelated intervals, the transmissions appeared to be numbered sequentially, as were the tank guns, heaters, road wheels and turret engines. Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 7 July 2026 Journalist and author Lizzie Pook explains, The broadsides were churned out quickly and sequentially whenever a crime caught public interest. Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 June 2026
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Adverb
  • Like rock-paper-scissors, each generation of warfare emerges by successively absorbing and controlling the decisive element that came before it.
    Will Cady, SPIN, 30 July 2026
  • The status had previously been renewed successively and, despite the move to end these protections, the State Department warns against traveling to either Haiti or Syria, citing widespread violence, crime, terrorism, and kidnapping.
    Reuters, USA Today, 28 June 2026
Adverb
  • Gastélum posted similar content on his Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube accounts, which together had more than 1 million followers.
    Rey Rodríguez, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • After attending the same school together as teens, McPhee and the Duchess of Sussex reconnected, and their husbands also formed a bond.
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • Masterson will aim to capitalize on Kansas’ decades-long tradition of trading off executive power between Republican and Democratic governors without electing candidates of the same party consecutively.
    Carrie Rengers, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026
  • In 2011, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education enacted a reform that limited the number of hours that first-year residents (physicians in training) could consecutively work to be less than 16 consecutive hours.
    Lilly Springer, Time, 29 July 2026

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“Sequentially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequentially. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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