successive

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Each successive prosecution advanced his cause, as documented in these pages at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The Gunners have not won the Premier League for 22 years and have finished in second place for three successive seasons.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

The Fed left rates unchanged at its March meeting, extending a pause after three successive cuts late last year.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

From 1998 onwards, the temporary moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions has been renewed at successive WTO ministerial conferences.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

The brain’s sentence parser starts to thrash when faced with the successive leaves at the beginning, and it crashes altogether when it gets to the pile of alones at the end.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker