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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Recent Examples of successive
For example, a January series ETF may start on Jan. 1 and end Dec. 31 each successive year.
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Michelle Fox, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2025
The judges scored the bout 49-46, 49-46, 49-45 for Zhang, who improved her record to 26 wins, three losses, and registered her third successive defense of the strawweight title.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 9 Feb. 2025
An occupying power’s transfer of its population to occupied territory is a war crime, in violation of Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, but successive Israeli governments have ignored that prohibition, and the U.S. government has kept billions of dollars of aid flowing anyway.
—Kenneth Roth, TIME, 8 Feb. 2025
Follow the money: In the U.S., sustainable funds have now seen outflows for nine successive quarters.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025
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Michelle Fox, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2025
The judges scored the bout 49-46, 49-46, 49-45 for Zhang, who improved her record to 26 wins, three losses, and registered her third successive defense of the strawweight title.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 9 Feb. 2025
An occupying power’s transfer of its population to occupied territory is a war crime, in violation of Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, but successive Israeli governments have ignored that prohibition, and the U.S. government has kept billions of dollars of aid flowing anyway.
—Kenneth Roth, TIME, 8 Feb. 2025
Follow the money: In the U.S., sustainable funds have now seen outflows for nine successive quarters.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for successive
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“Successive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/successive. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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