as in consecutive
following one after another without others coming in between
the successional stages that an area goes through following a devastating forest fire
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Adjective
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Suarez, a former city commissioner, will get a 17th consecutive year in Miami City Hall, and Carollo will get a ninth.—
Tess Riski,
Miami Herald,
27 June 2025 -
Lima lost his first professional fight in 2015, but the 27-year-old is undefeated since then with 14 consecutive wins.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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The aircraft made successive passes, dropping one bomb at a time until the bridge was destroyed.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Each successive exercise has highlighted fresh challenges surrounding response strategies, ranging from the speed at which missions could be designed and launched to how to best gather intelligence and communicate with the general public.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
30 June 2025
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“Successional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/successional. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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