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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Established in 1948, North Korea has been successively ruled by male members of the Kim family.—
Hyung-Jin Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026 -
Close to 40 years later, the quadruple toe loop has become normalized, appearing successively in more programs in each of the past four Games.—
Robert Samuels,
Washington Post,
10 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The nerves can be sutured back together to minimize pain, Bank said, but most breast surgeons haven’t been trained to do this.—
Brett Kelman,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Then the experimental concept of playing 6-9 Yaxel Lendeborg, 6-10 Morez Johnson and the 7-3 Mara on the floor together suddenly clicked against historically one of the nation’s stingiest defenses, and the Wolverines became an overnight juggernaut.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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Orbán, who refused to sever Hungary’s ties to Moscow following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has repeatedly obstructed European efforts to aid Kyiv.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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Following the business owner’s disappearance, law enforcement and volunteers have repeatedly searched the surrounding area.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
9 Apr. 2026
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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 11 Apr. 2026.
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