nonconsecutive
adjective
non·con·sec·u·tive
ˌnän-kən-ˈse-kyə-tiv 
-kə-tiv
: not being in a sequence : not consecutive
Exercise three times a week on nonconsecutive days.
nonconsecutively
adverb
He says he sleeps three hours a night, nonconsecutively.
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Nicholas Lemann
Nicholas Lemann
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The last album to spend at least 17 weeks at No. 1 was Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time, which logged 19 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 between March 2023 and this March.
—Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 15 Dec. 2024
The last woman to hit that milestone is Adele, whose 21 notched 24 nonconsecutive weeks in the top spot in 2011-12.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 15 Dec. 2024
Five months after its release, the title track hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the first of eight nonconsecutive weeks.
—Rebecca 'becca' Dyer, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
Trump becomes the first president since Grover Cleveland to get elected to nonconsecutive terms — a surprising turn of events after early indications that the vote counting might last several days.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
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Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 15 Dec. 2024
The last woman to hit that milestone is Adele, whose 21 notched 24 nonconsecutive weeks in the top spot in 2011-12.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 15 Dec. 2024
Five months after its release, the title track hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the first of eight nonconsecutive weeks.
—Rebecca 'becca' Dyer, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
Trump becomes the first president since Grover Cleveland to get elected to nonconsecutive terms — a surprising turn of events after early indications that the vote counting might last several days.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Nonconsecutive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonconsecutive. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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