as in together
in succession without others coming in between
as he moved up the corporate ladder, he ensconced his family in successively larger homes
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Adverb
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Once again, the rookie put together a highly impressive showing, following his debut. via @RGIII: The New York Giants hit the bullseye with this Dart.—
Justin Grasso,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Aug. 2025 -
Friends who hadn’t seen each other in decades came together, sharing laughs and memories of the man who brought them all together.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Garnett was sentenced to an additional 19 years and six months in prison to be served consecutively with his existing 15-year term.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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He was handed a life sentence plus 26 years to be served consecutively.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Miami Herald,
5 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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President Trump has repeatedly said that FEMA should be eliminated.—
Rebecca Hersher,
NPR,
7 Aug. 2025
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During his first term, Trump issued a memo ordering that immigrants without lawful status be excluded from the population count used to apportion House seats and repeatedly sought to add a citizenship question to the census for the first time since 1950.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Each of those career stages was a period of personal and professional growth made possible by continuously planning for, training for and stepping up to take on new or greater scope and responsibility.—
Philip Samson,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Though it's been continuously upgraded since it was first built in 1979, the Lindner Family Tennis Center was starting to show its age, according to Dell, and past projects on the site left it feeling disconnected and lacking a cohesive identity.—
Sydney Franklin,
The Enquirer,
7 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Listen and adapt: Use data and open conversations to continually refine your approach to women’s career development continually.—
Roberta Matuson,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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That outcome speaks to the core challenge of the series, continually designing games that need to be (1) playable, (2) completely novel, and (3) funny.—
Nic Juarez,
Vulture,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Successively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/successively. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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