Definition of sequentnext
as in consecutive
following one after another without others coming in between answered three sequent questions from one reporter before turning to the others

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Adjective
  • The pool did not open Saturday with the city's other outdoor pools after mechanical problems delayed the start of the season for the second consecutive year.
    Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • The bank has missed revenue expectations for two consecutive quarters, helping to explain the stock's significant year-to-date underperformance.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 1 July 2026
Adjective
  • Those concerns and fears crystalize in responses to Anthropic’s Mythos model and the successive rollout of Fable, where both of these models can be useful in allowing hackers to leverage agents swarms.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • His baptismal register does not name his father, but he was raised by two successive men.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026
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“Sequent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequent. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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