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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Recent Examples of successively
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.
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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, 20 Oct. 2025
Mary named one of her daughters Salome, after the Hasmonean mother queen Salome Alexandra, who ruled the country from 76 to 67 BC and was married, successively, to both sons of John Hyrcanus, the son of Simon the Maccabee.
—Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
The activity marks the third such year that insiders have sold their post-vesting stock but this period stands out as it's accelerated each year at successively higher prices.
—Nick Wells,sarah Min, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025
The trusts were successively layered, meaning that each trust named the next trust in the series as its beneficiary.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
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, 20 Oct. 2025
Mary named one of her daughters Salome, after the Hasmonean mother queen Salome Alexandra, who ruled the country from 76 to 67 BC and was married, successively, to both sons of John Hyrcanus, the son of Simon the Maccabee.
—Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
The activity marks the third such year that insiders have sold their post-vesting stock but this period stands out as it's accelerated each year at successively higher prices.
—Nick Wells,sarah Min, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025
The trusts were successively layered, meaning that each trust named the next trust in the series as its beneficiary.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for successively
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Over the sound of jingle bells, JUNGWON, HEESEUNG, JAY, JAKE, SUNGHOON, SUNOO and NI-KI take turns singing lead while the others blend together in gorgeous harmony.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
11 Nov. 2025
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Others work together and can even boost each other’s effects.—
Abby Norman,
Verywell Health,
11 Nov. 2025
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If convicted, sentenced to the maximum for each offense, and if their sentences were to run consecutively instead of concurrently, Clase and Ortiz could theoretically face 65 years in prison each.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Prosecutors will recommend a five-year prison sentence for each count, suspending all but one year to run consecutively as part of Clingman's plea deal, according to WJLA.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Organizers made the decision after protesters repeatedly disrupted the recent Spanish Vuelta in the presence of Israel-Premier Tech.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Quagliano has repeatedly denied that and defended the bank’s aircraft business as profitable.—
Justin Wingerter,
Denver Post,
8 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Amin said the second quarter is expected to see the greatest hit from tariffs and the impact is expected to moderate sequentially from there.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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Also called wild hyacinth or Atlantic camas, this adaptable perennial produces spikes of up to twenty pale blue, pink, or white blooms that open sequentially from the bottom upward.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
27 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The Pan American Health Organization determined that measles has circulated continuously in parts of Canada for at least 12 months, the threshold for losing elimination status.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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This article is being continuously updated.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Winkler Bakery Winston-Salem, North Carolina Established in 1807, this Old Salem bakery is one of the oldest continually operating bakeries in the South.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
8 Nov. 2025
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And researchers and regulators continually monitor all vaccines.—
NPR,
NPR,
7 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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The novel was serially published in The Anglo-African Magazine in 1859.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Iraq became proof that the model would work across the region, with Hezbollah serially midwifing the proxies that Iran sired.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Successively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/successively. Accessed 21 Nov. 2025.
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