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
Adverb
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The source claims the couple don't spend much time together otherwise, beyond their joint public appearances.—
Linda Marx,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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He was then forced to find a job elsewhere, and fortunately for him, Evero and Cooley were in business together in Carolina.—
Mike Kaye
January 8,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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In a plea agreement with the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, Mackey was sentenced two 11-year sentences for murder, to run consecutively, while Nieves was handed one 11-year sentence.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
14 Jan. 2026
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Adelson, 75, was convicted of all counts against her in 2025 and sentenced to life in prison with an extra 30 years for the solicitation and conspiracy charges to be served consecutively.—
Mason Leath,
ABC News,
2 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Greenland’s population is about 57,000 people, with roughly 20,000 living in Nuuk, the small capital city where the same collection of business owners are repeatedly asked to do news interviews, sometimes as many as 15 a day.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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As a clumsy child, my mom would repeatedly tell me to be aware of my surroundings.—
Jillian Dara,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The technique works by sequentially stripping ultrathin layers from a perovskite film while measuring local electrical conductivity at each depth.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Dec. 2025
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Nvidia continues to execute at a very high level, growing revenues sequentially by $10bn ($3bn above guidance) in October, and guiding for another $8bn in January.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
27 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party, which has ruled Japan almost continuously for the last 30 years, became mired in crisis – facing fallouts over a slush fund scandal, an inflation surge and a rightward political shift across the country.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
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Taylor has continuously reinvented her own image and whole-heartedly leaned into reinvention as a superpower.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Their skills must be continually practiced and recertified, which costs money.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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The luxury tax is an artificial limit, one that shouldn’t impede teams like the Cubs, who continually fill Wrigley Field and have the surrounding area packed with fans all summer.—
Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Here’s what the serially successful executive coach and popular children’s author has to say about fear, both in the C-suite and on the home front.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
11 Dec. 2025
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The only other nations serially producing fifth-generation fighters are the US, with its F-35 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor, and China, with its Chengdu J-20 and Shenyang J-35.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Nov. 2025
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“Successively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/successively. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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