as in consecutive
following one after another without others coming in between
explained that if the two required algebra semesters weren't sequential, the students would likely forget the material
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Results showed a sequential improvement in Tesla’s key profitability metric—auto gross margins excluding regulatory credits.
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Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
Commodity arbitrage involves the simultaneous or sequential buying and selling of commodities across different markets to profit from the price difference.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2024
The Zegna brand’s DTC revenues led the increase, gaining 4.4 percent, boosted by double-digit growth in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, with a sequential acceleration of growth in particular in the Middle East, the Americas and Japan.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 22 Oct. 2024
Players must go through sequential rounds to prepare meals as a team by cutting, skewering, plucking and whisking different ingredients to the beat.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2024
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Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
Commodity arbitrage involves the simultaneous or sequential buying and selling of commodities across different markets to profit from the price difference.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2024
The Zegna brand’s DTC revenues led the increase, gaining 4.4 percent, boosted by double-digit growth in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, with a sequential acceleration of growth in particular in the Middle East, the Americas and Japan.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 22 Oct. 2024
Players must go through sequential rounds to prepare meals as a team by cutting, skewering, plucking and whisking different ingredients to the beat.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Sequential.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequential. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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