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successive

[suhk-ses-iv] / səkˈsɛs ɪv /


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Daniel Mason splices together different narrative strands to create a single story connecting its successive inhabitants.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 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

Heavier elements are created inside stars and become more abundant over time as successive generations of stars live and die.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

He dismissed as history the Six Assurances—a 1982 Reagan-era commitment, honored by successive presidents, that the U.S. wouldn’t consult Beijing on arms sales to Taiwan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

No, this tremendous amount of knowledge, collected and preserved by successive generations of wise Brahmins could not be easily overlooked.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse




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