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successive

[suhk-ses-iv] / səkˈsɛs ɪv /


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Peaty was beaten to a third successive gold in Paris by Italy's Nicolo Martinenghi, having contracted coronavirus in the days before the final.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

He joins esteemed company in Jack Nicklaus, Sir Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods, who also donned the Green Jacket in successive years.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

But unlike his peers, Kim Il Sung had built a personality cult robust enough to be passed down to successive generations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Each rung of the ladder is an inflation-protected security maturing in a successive year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

But in successive turns you grow an opacity, a pearl-like glow whose surface can repel all manner of heat and light.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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