as in consecutive
following one after another without others coming in between
made the honor roll for three successive school terms
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The Dodgers used eight different relievers over the course of the last two games, and only one of them, Daniel Hudson, on successive nights.
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Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2024
According to a Swiss radio documentary released in 2020, the composer had relationships with men, and those relationships were left out of history by successive historians and biographers; a potentially thorny charge in one of Europe’s worst countries for LGBTQ rights.
—Jack Guy, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
Each of the successive sequels have been massively profitable too, with John Wick: Chapter 4 earning a staggering $440 million over a $100 million budget.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
Between the lines: France spent big to insulate the public from successive economic shocks — COVID-19, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the inflation crisis.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
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Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2024
According to a Swiss radio documentary released in 2020, the composer had relationships with men, and those relationships were left out of history by successive historians and biographers; a potentially thorny charge in one of Europe’s worst countries for LGBTQ rights.
—Jack Guy, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
Each of the successive sequels have been massively profitable too, with John Wick: Chapter 4 earning a staggering $440 million over a $100 million budget.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
Between the lines: France spent big to insulate the public from successive economic shocks — COVID-19, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the inflation crisis.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Successive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/successive. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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