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
Additional time was imposed consecutively for the other convictions.
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Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
Wiggins noted that her family is also praying for McCollum, who was sentenced to life behind bars with the opportunity for parole after 15 years, which was to be served consecutively with a 10-12 year sentence for a separate manslaughter case.
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Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
3 June 2026
However, Kansas has not consecutively elected governors of the same party in decades and Johnson County candidates have historically struggled in statewide elections.
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Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
1 June 2026
It wasn't immediately known whether the two sentences would be served concurrently or consecutively.
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Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
31 May 2026
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Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
Wiggins noted that her family is also praying for McCollum, who was sentenced to life behind bars with the opportunity for parole after 15 years, which was to be served consecutively with a 10-12 year sentence for a separate manslaughter case.
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Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
3 June 2026
However, Kansas has not consecutively elected governors of the same party in decades and Johnson County candidates have historically struggled in statewide elections.
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Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
1 June 2026
It wasn't immediately known whether the two sentences would be served concurrently or consecutively.
—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
31 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consecutively
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The status had previously been renewed successively and, despite the move to end these protections, the State Department warns against traveling to either Haiti or Syria, citing widespread violence, crime, terrorism, and kidnapping.
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Brazilian Carlos Alberto Parreira has the record number of World Cup appearances as a coach with six, but not successively.
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The 44-year-old singer's children, Sean Preston, 20, and Jayden James, 19, made a rare joint public appearance at Paris Men's Fashion Week after TMZ reported that the two would achieve a runway milestone together during the days-long sartorial event overseas.
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The hot dog itself has enough snap and flavor to stand on its own, but the chili brings it all together.
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Wilde then shot the film sequentially—rare for small films and logistically impossible for larger ones—in just 21 days on a set designed to mimic a labyrinthian San Francisco apartment.
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That distinction matters because enterprises increasingly operate in environments where conditions evolve continuously rather than sequentially.
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Trump has repeatedly maligned Haitian immigrants, including falsely accusing the Haitians who are living in Ohio of eating people's pets.
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That meant fewer shots on target and a lot more fouls with players crashing on the pitch repeatedly.
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“Consecutively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consecutively. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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