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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The new study reveals that medaka males release less and less sperm with each successive mating, eventually hitting a daily limit.
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Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
Now the National Rally — after riding successive waves of fear and anger over unchecked immigration, rising inflation and deadly terrorism — is no longer on the fringes of French politics, with some of its policies more widely accepted.
—Catherine Porter, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Rights groups and some lawmakers have pushed successive U.S. administrations to close Guantanamo or, failing that, release all those detainees never charged with a crime.
—Ellen Knickmeyer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
For almost ten years, successive British governments have been trying to redress the inadequacy of the Hyde Park memorial with a new, showstopping monument next to the Houses of Parliament, in Westminster.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
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Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
Now the National Rally — after riding successive waves of fear and anger over unchecked immigration, rising inflation and deadly terrorism — is no longer on the fringes of French politics, with some of its policies more widely accepted.
—Catherine Porter, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Rights groups and some lawmakers have pushed successive U.S. administrations to close Guantanamo or, failing that, release all those detainees never charged with a crime.
—Ellen Knickmeyer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
For almost ten years, successive British governments have been trying to redress the inadequacy of the Hyde Park memorial with a new, showstopping monument next to the Houses of Parliament, in Westminster.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Successive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/successive. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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