hot streak
noun
: a period of repeated successes
The team's record has improved; it has recently been on a hot streak.
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This season is a mirror image of last year: Down the stretch, Gonzaga’s at-large status seemed in doubt, but a late hot streak of key wins vaulted it all the way up to a No. 5 seed thanks to sparkling quality metrics.
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Jim Root, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Still riding high from his Grammy sweep and a polarizing Super Bowl halftime performance, Kendrick Lamar continued his hot streak by winning Outstanding Hip-Hop/Rap Song for his viral hit Not Like Us.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 20 Feb. 2025
Genre is continuing its hot streak, which began long before Coralie Fargeat unleashed her body-horror drama on the world.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025
The Warriors will look to Stephen Curry to continue his hot streak, as he's averaged 35.3 points over his last four games and has made no less than six 3-pointers in any of those contests.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
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Jim Root, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Still riding high from his Grammy sweep and a polarizing Super Bowl halftime performance, Kendrick Lamar continued his hot streak by winning Outstanding Hip-Hop/Rap Song for his viral hit Not Like Us.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 20 Feb. 2025
Genre is continuing its hot streak, which began long before Coralie Fargeat unleashed her body-horror drama on the world.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025
The Warriors will look to Stephen Curry to continue his hot streak, as he's averaged 35.3 points over his last four games and has made no less than six 3-pointers in any of those contests.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Hot streak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20streak. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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