as in together
in succession without others coming in between
as he moved up the corporate ladder, he ensconced his family in successively larger homes
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Recent Examples of successively
Thanks to the South's long growing season, many crops, such as beans, can be planted and harvested successively over a longer period of time.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2026
Established in 1948, North Korea has been successively ruled by male members of the Kim family.
—Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Close to 40 years later, the quadruple toe loop has become normalized, appearing successively in more programs in each of the past four Games.
—Robert Samuels, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
Not many entertainment studios can say they’re successively owned by a media company, a dialup power player, a media company again, a telecom megalith, a cable giant and a software scion.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
It was worn successively by Queen Hortense, Queen Marie-Amelie and Isabelle of Orleans, according to the Louvre.
—ABC News, 20 Oct. 2025
Mary named one of her daughters Salome, after the Hasmonean mother queen Salome Alexandra, who ruled the country from 76 to 67 BC and was married, successively, to both sons of John Hyrcanus, the son of Simon the Maccabee.
—Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
The activity marks the third such year that insiders have sold their post-vesting stock but this period stands out as it's accelerated each year at successively higher prices.
—Nick Wells,sarah Min, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025
The trusts were successively layered, meaning that each trust named the next trust in the series as its beneficiary.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2026
Established in 1948, North Korea has been successively ruled by male members of the Kim family.
—Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Close to 40 years later, the quadruple toe loop has become normalized, appearing successively in more programs in each of the past four Games.
—Robert Samuels, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
Not many entertainment studios can say they’re successively owned by a media company, a dialup power player, a media company again, a telecom megalith, a cable giant and a software scion.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
It was worn successively by Queen Hortense, Queen Marie-Amelie and Isabelle of Orleans, according to the Louvre.
—ABC News, 20 Oct. 2025
Mary named one of her daughters Salome, after the Hasmonean mother queen Salome Alexandra, who ruled the country from 76 to 67 BC and was married, successively, to both sons of John Hyrcanus, the son of Simon the Maccabee.
—Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
The activity marks the third such year that insiders have sold their post-vesting stock but this period stands out as it's accelerated each year at successively higher prices.
—Nick Wells,sarah Min, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025
The trusts were successively layered, meaning that each trust named the next trust in the series as its beneficiary.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for successively
Adverb
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Batavia led 2-0 until the bottom of the third when Geneva put together a four-run rally, all coming with two outs.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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The family got together to celebrate Joaquin's graduation - which just so happened to land on the same day as Lola's 16th birthday.—
Grace Gavilanes,
PEOPLE,
1 May 2026
Adverb
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He was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences and another five years, to be served consecutively.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
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Though the shooting happened in a matter of seconds, by making the sentences run consecutively Aloise ruled that each charge represented a distinct crime Rivera committed.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The Knicks repeatedly turned turnovers, blocked shots and long rebounds into fastbreak opportunities, helping to fuel an early 14-0 run.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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That action was filed in 2024, but a ruling has been repeatedly delayed, most recently in January.—
Deepti Hajela,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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However, the company's plant backlog sales increased slightly sequentially, as the company took in $640 million in new projects during the quarter.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
1 May 2026
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In the simplest case, in a single CPU core, each element in the vector would be multiplied sequentially and then written to memory.—
Olivia Hsu,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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This article is being continuously updated.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
28 Apr. 2026
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The customers are using it continuously.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
28 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The central tenet of criticism of late 20th- and 21st-century IP is that copyright and patent law are continually strengthened for corporate rights holders at the expense of creativity, innovation, human rights, and traditional knowledge.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
24 Apr. 2026
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Artistic efforts should be self-sustaining as patrons finance them, not continually maintained by government subsidies.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Since roughly 2021, consumer sentiment has serially underperformed what the underlying data would predict.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
14 Apr. 2026
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And under Hegseth’s command, the armed forces have serially attacked unarmed boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, including instances where American attackers were reported to have returned to kill the survivors.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Successively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/successively. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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