successive
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Andreeva overcame a tense start, where nerves and a swirling wind led to the final starting with four successive breaks of serve.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 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
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
Although spawning occurs at sea, the young come into the estuaries and bays when a few weeks old to undergo successive molts and changes of form.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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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