as in successively
following one after another without others coming in between
talked of retirement after winning the title four times consecutively
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Recent Examples of consecutively
The judge ruled that his term would run consecutively—not concurrently–with his New York sentence.
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Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
Montreal took three penalties, two coming almost consecutively, and were outshot 16-1 by the Kings, who scored the period’s only goal and had another from Samuel Helenius disallowed for goalie interference by Jeff Malott.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
The union wants firefighters to be able to go home for a couple of days after working consecutively for 14 days on an incident, Edwards said.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 23 Feb. 2026
His first five were won consecutively from 2006 to 2010, followed by titles in 2013 and 2016.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 14 Feb. 2026
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Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
Montreal took three penalties, two coming almost consecutively, and were outshot 16-1 by the Kings, who scored the period’s only goal and had another from Samuel Helenius disallowed for goalie interference by Jeff Malott.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
The union wants firefighters to be able to go home for a couple of days after working consecutively for 14 days on an incident, Edwards said.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 23 Feb. 2026
His first five were won consecutively from 2006 to 2010, followed by titles in 2013 and 2016.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 14 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consecutively
Adverb
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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
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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
Adverb
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The nerves can be sutured back together to minimize pain, Bank said, but most breast surgeons haven’t been trained to do this.—
Brett Kelman,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Then the experimental concept of playing 6-9 Yaxel Lendeborg, 6-10 Morez Johnson and the 7-3 Mara on the floor together suddenly clicked against historically one of the nation’s stingiest defenses, and the Wolverines became an overnight juggernaut.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Gross margins are expected to improve sequentially but still be down about 25 to 75 basis points year over year, including a 250-basis point headwind from tariffs.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
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What much commentary misses is that military campaigns proceed sequentially.—
Richard Goldberg,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Gerhardt Konig hoped Thursday to persuade a Hawaiian jury that hitting his wife repeatedly with a rock was self-defense.—
April 2,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Trump repeatedly publicly praised and defended Bondi but also showed flashes of impatience with his attorney general’s efforts to meet his demands to prosecute his rivals.—
Michelle L. Price,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Consecutively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consecutively. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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