successively
Example Sentences
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The Commerce Department usually publishes three sets of quarterly GDP, each successively more accurate, but Thursday’s update—the second—will serve as the final third-quarter pass.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
The last decade has seen a harlequinade of big shots, celebrities, pundits and politicians bounding across the proscenium wearing stage makeup and playing different characters successively, like Peter Sellers in “Dr. Strangelove.”
From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025
That success made Real the first team from any nation to lift the trophy three times successively in the Champions League era.
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025
Still, I wheeled around and watched a column of spirited Australians being successively and violently deposited into mud and water.
From Slate • Nov. 3, 2024
As the morning wore on, Max and John successively came by to see if we still thought we had it.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
