as in consecutive
following one after another without others coming in between
made the honor roll for three successive school terms
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Recent Examples of successive
The Life Of A Showgirl retains top spot on the ARIA Albums Chart for a third successive week.
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Lars Brandle, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2025
Slowing down helps too; longer latency between successive ideas can lead to more creative responses.
—Big Think, 23 Oct. 2025
State control of the industry under successive socialist governments has sidelined the foreign investment and know-how required to mine the metal, highly prized in the energy transition and in particular for the manufacture of EV batteries.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Sapphire jewelry set Worn by successive members of the Orléans family, including the last queen of France, Marie-Amélie, a sapphire parure, or a matching set of jewelry, was also taken in the raid.
—Elmira Aliieva, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
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Lars Brandle, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2025
Slowing down helps too; longer latency between successive ideas can lead to more creative responses.
—Big Think, 23 Oct. 2025
State control of the industry under successive socialist governments has sidelined the foreign investment and know-how required to mine the metal, highly prized in the energy transition and in particular for the manufacture of EV batteries.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Sapphire jewelry set Worn by successive members of the Orléans family, including the last queen of France, Marie-Amélie, a sapphire parure, or a matching set of jewelry, was also taken in the raid.
—Elmira Aliieva, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for successive
consecutive
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Larson, the only Asian American to race full-time in NASCAR, has not won a race since May, totaling 24 consecutive races but thanked his crew chief Cliff Daniels for keeping the team together.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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As part of a strategic alliance with TAICCA, SCELF is accompanying its publisher members to Taipei for the second consecutive year to promote meetings with audiovisual professionals and the development of book adaptations in Asia.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Successive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/successive. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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