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consecutive

[kuhn-sek-yuh-tiv] / kənˈsɛk jə tɪv /


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U.S. import prices rose 1.1% in September, marking the second consecutive monthly increase, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The expansion became particularly noticeable between 2012 and 2014, when Antarctic winter sea ice set new record highs for three consecutive years.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

By the end of the fifth, the Dodgers had gone nine consecutive innings without scoring, and with a game plan of getting ahead before the Brewers’ vaunted bullpen could take over.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Denmark beat Italy in the gold medal race - their fourth consecutive title in the event.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Sequences of heads and tails of a given length, say twenty flips, generally have a certain number of consecutive runs of heads.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos


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