as in consecutive
following one after another without others coming in between
made the honor roll for three successive school terms
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Recent Examples of successive
For too long, each successive generation of leadership has kicked the can down the road.
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Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
Defending champions Chelsea are odds-on to retain the title for the sixth successive time.
—Asif Burhan, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Yet these pledges – for which successive U.S. administrations have lobbied – are also exposing the limitations of Europe’s capacities for cooperating on things like arms production, particularly with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán acting as a spoiler within the European Union.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Mar. 2025
Chen says this new dynamic is hard for the Taiwanese public to adjust to, as in the past decade, successive U.S. administrations deepened the U.S.-Taiwan relationship and formed a bipartisan consensus on supporting Taiwan.
—Ashish Valentine, NPR, 3 Mar. 2025
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Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
Defending champions Chelsea are odds-on to retain the title for the sixth successive time.
—Asif Burhan, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Yet these pledges – for which successive U.S. administrations have lobbied – are also exposing the limitations of Europe’s capacities for cooperating on things like arms production, particularly with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán acting as a spoiler within the European Union.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Mar. 2025
Chen says this new dynamic is hard for the Taiwanese public to adjust to, as in the past decade, successive U.S. administrations deepened the U.S.-Taiwan relationship and formed a bipartisan consensus on supporting Taiwan.
—Ashish Valentine, NPR, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Successive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/successive. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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