as in successive
following one after another without others coming in between
the team's winning streak has lasted for seven consecutive games
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This is how actor David Tennant, back for his second consecutive year hosting, chose to open the 2025 BAFTAs before jumping into an inoffensive monologue heavy on tepid puns.
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Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
Tampa Bay Rays fans are most patient, only worrying after 13 consecutive defeats.
—Chrissy Suttles, Axios, 26 Feb. 2025
Garrett hasn’t been in the same camp for spring training in consecutive years since 2017-2018 with the Texas Rangers.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Forced by his teammate’s injury to take on a heavier load, the elderly Kelce still assisted K.C.’s run to an eighth consecutive AFC West title — double the Chargers’ best such streak — and the franchise’s fifth Super Bowl in six years.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
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Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
Tampa Bay Rays fans are most patient, only worrying after 13 consecutive defeats.
—Chrissy Suttles, Axios, 26 Feb. 2025
Garrett hasn’t been in the same camp for spring training in consecutive years since 2017-2018 with the Texas Rangers.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Forced by his teammate’s injury to take on a heavier load, the elderly Kelce still assisted K.C.’s run to an eighth consecutive AFC West title — double the Chargers’ best such streak — and the franchise’s fifth Super Bowl in six years.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Consecutive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consecutive. Accessed 8 Mar. 2025.
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