successive
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Somehow, even if they do, there is a successive chain of Agriculture Department inspectors, including at slaughterhouses and things like that, that are going to notice a gaping wound on an animal.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
That would be his third and final edition as a player, but Der Kaiser returned in the dugout to lead his country to successive finals.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Konate is set to become the second player to leave Liverpool for Real Madrid for nothing in successive summers following Trent Alexander-Arnold's departure to Real last year.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
The legacy of the Vanderbilts hangs heavy over advisers for the wealthy, who often note that their Gilded Age fortune all but disappeared over successive generations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
During the past few days he’d known a hunger that nothing—three successive steaks, a dozen Hershey bars, a pound of gumdrops—seemed to interrupt.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
Vocabulary lists containing successive
Siddhartha
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The Joy Luck Club
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The Thing About Jellyfish
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