one right after the other
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: very close together in time
The storms came one right after the other.
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While experts acknowledge that crashes coming one right after the other feels scary, both of the aviation professionals who spoke with Rolling Stone were confident that traveling by air is still safe.
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025
In the last few minutes of an eerie, unsettling, and increasingly ominous Episode 4, two shocking developments roll out one right after the other.
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The Moon in go-getter Aries is making not one, not two, but four supportive sextiles — one right after the other.
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This step alone demands many additional Starship flights, one right after the other, to supply the spacecraft with fuel.
—Michael Greshko, Scientific American, 18 Jan. 2024
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025
In the last few minutes of an eerie, unsettling, and increasingly ominous Episode 4, two shocking developments roll out one right after the other.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Feb. 2025
The Moon in go-getter Aries is making not one, not two, but four supportive sextiles — one right after the other.
—Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2024
This step alone demands many additional Starship flights, one right after the other, to supply the spacecraft with fuel.
—Michael Greshko, Scientific American, 18 Jan. 2024
See All Example Sentences for one right after the other
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“One right after the other.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one%20right%20after%20the%20other. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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