successively
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
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
Pumpkins have come a long way since then, as Indigenous American communities carefully adapted the wild pumpkin into successively bigger and better-tasting varieties.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2024
After a series of apologies that became successively more contrite, Al-Alim staked out a somewhat different position at a campaign forum last week, asserting, “I’m not ashamed of anything.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
The books used a “graded” curriculum with successively more complex songs and exercises, and combined author-composed songs in these books with folk and classical material.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
![]()
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a word