as in successively
in succession without others coming in between
the bumptious reporter asked three questions successionally before anyone else could get a word in
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Adverb
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Not many entertainment studios can say they’re successively owned by a media company, a dialup power player, a media company again, a telecom megalith, a cable giant and a software scion.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025 -
It was worn successively by Queen Hortense, Queen Marie-Amelie and Isabelle of Orleans, according to the Louvre.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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With Super Bowl Sunday just about here, hosts across America are pulling together grocery lists and final preparations for game day.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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Accessibility The Jerome is dog-friendly—so much so that the concierge advises on dog-friendly experiences to enjoy Aspen together.—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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As strong as Dallas has been in its six-game win streak, the Stars have allowed opponents to climb back into games repeatedly in the third.—
Lia Assimakopoulos,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Kitty, whose worldly possessions fit into two plastic bags, is seen repeatedly in the same clothes, and bourgeois hostility to her presence in Beth’s middle-class neighborhood compounds her feelings of worthlessness.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The desire to have a steady hand running foreign policy meant that getting him through the Senate would be easy.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Jomo Fray’s camera basks in textures the same way the scenes are immersed in sounds, focusing on the child’s fingers caressing the fish scales or her hand running through the babbling creek.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
1 Nov. 2023
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“Successionally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/successionally. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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