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.
—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
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
Adverb
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Platforms like Firmoo bring these elements together in one place, combining style options, lens customization and user-friendly tools that simplify each step of the journey.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
12 June 2026
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Any time people from around the world gather together, the risk of certain diseases goes up.—
Alice Park,
Time,
12 June 2026
Adverb
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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.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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With their six titles, the Williams sisters share the record for most trophies as a pair in women’s doubles at Wimbledon with Suzanne Lenglen and Elizabeth Ryan, who won their titles consecutively from 1919-25.—
Andrew Dampf,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
Adverb
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Authorities said Reyes repeatedly approached the girl and asked for her phone number.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
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Police have repeatedly said additional law enforcement officers were brought in so World Cup security would not interfere with normal policing operations.—
Ben Wheeler,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
Adverb
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Journalist and author Lizzie Pook explains, The broadsides were churned out quickly and sequentially whenever a crime caught public interest.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 June 2026
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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.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
5 June 2026
Adverb
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How the Living Eye Drops Work The Pitt team engineered Corynebacterium mastitidis, a benign microbe that already resides under the eyelid, to continuously secrete interleukin-10 (IL-10), a small protein that regulates inflammation.—
Samantha Agate,
Charlotte Observer,
16 June 2026
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This environment is continuously unlocking new pathways to discovering and solving problems, and the very tools of science itself are transforming in unprecedented ways.—
Rachel Nuwer,
Scientific American,
16 June 2026
Adverb
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Nolan says caregivers should continually return to what matters most to the patient when weighing options.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
15 June 2026
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The pastor’s initiative proved so popular that the church began distributing feed sacks to well-off homes, so Boston housewives could continually set aside castoffs for donation.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
Adverb
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The project has been serially delayed, out of money, rebranded and trailed by angry former business partners.—
Joshua Kaplan,
ProPublica,
9 June 2026
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Since roughly 2021, consumer sentiment has serially underperformed what the underlying data would predict.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Successively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/successively. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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