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
Oseguera González was sentenced last year to a term of life in prison plus 30 years to run consecutively for his role in a major drug trafficking conspiracy.
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Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
On Saturday, a spokesperson told EW that after further investigation, the New York Police Department's Highway District of Collision Investigation Squad determined that Underwood was struck by two vehicles consecutively.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Jan. 2026
Farley, who was already serving a 24-to-life sentence for the killing of Tiffany Meeks more than 10 years ago, was sentenced Wednesday to an additional 25 years to life in prison, to run consecutively.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026
Adelson, 75, was convicted of all counts against her in 2025 and sentenced to life in prison with an extra 30 years for the solicitation and conspiracy charges to be served consecutively.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2026
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Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
On Saturday, a spokesperson told EW that after further investigation, the New York Police Department's Highway District of Collision Investigation Squad determined that Underwood was struck by two vehicles consecutively.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Jan. 2026
Farley, who was already serving a 24-to-life sentence for the killing of Tiffany Meeks more than 10 years ago, was sentenced Wednesday to an additional 25 years to life in prison, to run consecutively.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026
Adelson, 75, was convicted of all counts against her in 2025 and sentenced to life in prison with an extra 30 years for the solicitation and conspiracy charges to be served consecutively.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consecutively
Adverb
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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
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It was worn successively by Queen Hortense, Queen Marie-Amelie and Isabelle of Orleans, according to the Louvre.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Unsurprisingly the two are already plotting more projects together.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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The logic behind this is that supermassive black hole binaries, which spiral together to lead to collisions and mergers, emit gravitational waves of increasing frequency as their orbits shrink, creating a background hum of gravitational waves.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
13 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Adkins and his bandmates — guitarist Tom Linton, drummer Zach Lind and bassist Rick Burch — plan to play Bleed American in its entirety, but probably not sequentially, during the tour.—
Gary Graff,
Billboard,
10 Feb. 2026
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But these mechanisms evolved when information arrived more slowly and events unfolded sequentially.—
Charles Edward Gehrke,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2026
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As strong as Dallas has been in its six-game win streak, the Stars have allowed opponents to climb back into games repeatedly in the third.—
Lia Assimakopoulos,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Kitty, whose worldly possessions fit into two plastic bags, is seen repeatedly in the same clothes, and bourgeois hostility to her presence in Beth’s middle-class neighborhood compounds her feelings of worthlessness.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Consecutively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consecutively. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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