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
Brazilian Carlos Alberto Parreira has the record number of World Cup appearances as a coach with six, but not successively.
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Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
16 June 2026
Most recently, analysis of pollen trapped in the ship’s waterproofing layers have yielded insight into repairs made successively in other locations throughout the Adriatic Sea, according to a paper published in the journal Frontiers in Materials.
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ArsTechnica,
2 May 2026
Thanks to the South's long growing season, many crops, such as beans, can be planted and harvested successively over a longer period of time.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
12 Apr. 2026
Established in 1948, North Korea has been successively ruled by male members of the Kim family.
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Hyung-Jin Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
Close to 40 years later, the quadruple toe loop has become normalized, appearing successively in more programs in each of the past four Games.
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Robert Samuels,
Washington Post,
10 Feb. 2026
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.
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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.
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Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
16 June 2026
Most recently, analysis of pollen trapped in the ship’s waterproofing layers have yielded insight into repairs made successively in other locations throughout the Adriatic Sea, according to a paper published in the journal Frontiers in Materials.
—
ArsTechnica,
2 May 2026
Thanks to the South's long growing season, many crops, such as beans, can be planted and harvested successively over a longer period of time.
—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
12 Apr. 2026
Established in 1948, North Korea has been successively ruled by male members of the Kim family.
—
Hyung-Jin Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
Close to 40 years later, the quadruple toe loop has become normalized, appearing successively in more programs in each of the past four Games.
—
Robert Samuels,
Washington Post,
10 Feb. 2026
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.
—
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for successively
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This Father's Day, like most holidays since his sons recovered, Kim Humphrey's family will be together.
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Yet despite starting at the same time and place and arriving together at the same destination, the two players followed completely different paths to get there.
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Arch’s sentences will run consecutively.
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The judge delivered sentences of life in prison without the possibility of parole for three counts of first-degree murder, and 25 years to life for each of the four other counts, second-degree murder, all to run consecutively.
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Trump has repeatedly maligned Haitian immigrants, including falsely accusing the Haitians who are living in Ohio of eating people's pets.
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That meant fewer shots on target and a lot more fouls with players crashing on the pitch repeatedly.
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Journalist and author Lizzie Pook explains, The broadsides were churned out quickly and sequentially whenever a crime caught public interest.
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Google Cloud revenue increased 63% year over year in the first quarter to a record $20 billion, while backlog nearly doubled sequentially to more than $460 billion.
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The robots work continuously within the factory environment, coordinating with human employees and other automation systems.
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Another way of looking at it is that the race is nowhere near over, and that the lead will continuously shift as time goes on.
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Through the fantastical nature of this story and the original nature of the omniscient narrator Ahmad is able to continually surprise.
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Starlight, which sits on 16 acres in Swope Park, is the largest and oldest continually operating performing arts organization in Kansas City.
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The project has been serially delayed, out of money, rebranded and trailed by angry former business partners.
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Since roughly 2021, consumer sentiment has serially underperformed what the underlying data would predict.
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“Successively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/successively. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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