as in together
in succession without others coming in between
as he moved up the corporate ladder, he ensconced his family in successively larger homes
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The daily brainteaser features 16 seemingly random words grouped together in a box.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
13 Jan. 2025 -
In one hypothetical scenario, British drama fans, for example, could put together Acorn TV, Britbox and PBS.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
13 Jan. 2025
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Kicker Jason Sanders is 35 of 39 on field goals and has made a franchise-record 24 consecutively, including nine in a row of 50 or more yards.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Jan. 2025
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Allen was given 65 years for each murder, to run consecutively. Allen, wearing an orange jumpsuit, a gray sweatshirt and ankle chains, looked over at the courtroom seats reserved for his family, which sat empty.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
20 Dec. 2024
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Related article Hope for old DC: The Washington Commanders return to the playoffs ready for a new era Gonzalez was shown repeatedly adjusting both his socks and shoes before finally getting them on.—
Ben Morse,
CNN,
18 Jan. 2025
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Even before the court issued the warrant for Yoon’s arrest, protesters repeatedly clashed with police who detained dozens of them, including about 20 who climbed over a fence in an attempt to approach the court.—
Kim Tong-Hyung,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
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The researchers think the site was continuously occupied from the early Roman period (around the first century C.E.) until the end of the Byzantine period (in the late sixth century C.E.).—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
16 Jan. 2025
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Living standards fall continuously, millennials are screwed (never mind the following generations).—
Marlene Engelhorn,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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Walgreens has continually discounted a report in the Wall Street Journal last month that the pharmacy chain was in talks to sell itself to private equity firm Sycamore Partners.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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He’s continually kept Philipp Kurashev out of the lineup because he’s been a liability.—
Scott Powers,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Successively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/successively. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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