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
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.
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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
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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Addressing these together will strengthen quality of life and opportunity across our community.—
Miami Herald Staff,
Miami Herald,
8 Oct. 2025
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Tuxon AirTag Combination Luggage Lock At 50 percent off, this combination luggage lock will keep your AirTag secure while both work together to protect everything within the suitcase or backpack.—
Aly Walansky,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Otto ordered the murder sentences to run consecutively with its corresponding armed criminal action sentence — that is, one after the other.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
7 Oct. 2025
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The celestial phenomenon occurs three or four times annually and always appears consecutively.—
Cailey Gleeson,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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For example Mitt Romney, who campaigned for president in 2008 and 2012 as a Republican, was repeatedly faced with prejudice against his Mormon faith.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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This report repeatedly misrepresents our efforts to empower parents and protect teens, misstating how our safety tools work and how millions of parents and teens are using them today.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
4 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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This means within a single sweat patch, microfluidic technology enables sweat to be collected sequentially over time, allowing for the measurement of changes in various metabolites—without any labeling process.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Data Center revenue missing expectations Inventory increasing by roughly 33% sequentially Customer concentration 1.—
Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
28 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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In supply chain management, agents synced to internal and external data sources could continuously forecast demand, allocate stock, determine optimal transport, and more.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Oct. 2025
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The trigger was relatively comfortable—even after 20 minutes of continuously pressing it down—and the tool cut through grass very easily.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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His big, bright smile, infectious energy and eternal positivity created a presence that continually uplifted others.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Oct. 2025
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Keeping your garage, kitchen, closet, dresser drawers, and bathroom neat and free of clutter is all about staying on top of the mess by continually getting rid of items that are no longer serving you or your home.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
2 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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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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Approximately 98 percent of cropland in the territory is damaged or inaccessible — decimating the agriculture sector and local food production — and nine of ten people have been serially displaced from their homes.—
Sarah Ferguson,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Successively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/successively. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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