one after another

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consecutive adj.
sequent adj.
successional adj.
in turn adv.

ADJECTIVE

consecutive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ensuing successive

WEAK

after chronological connected constant continuing continuous following going on in order in turn increasing later logical numerical progressive running sequent sequential serial serialized seriate seriatim succedent succeeding successional understandable uninterrupted

Antonyms

WEAK

broken discontinuous infrequent intermittent interrupted unconsecutive

ADJECTIVE

sequent

Synonyms

WEAK

after chronological connected constant continuing continuous ensuing following going on in order in turn increasing later logical numerical progressive running sequential serial serialized seriate seriatim subsequent succedent succeeding successional successive understandable uninterrupted

ADJECTIVE

successional

Synonyms

WEAK

after chronological connected constant continuing continuous ensuing following going on in order in turn increasing later logical numerical progressive running sequent sequential serial serialized seriate seriatim subsequent succedent succeeding successive understandable uninterrupted

ADVERB

in turn

Synonyms

WEAK

consecutively following in order in sequence orderly sequential succeeding successively

Antonyms

WEAK

out of turn

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one after another

The next inning, Ohtani, Freddie Freeman and Andy Pages singled one after another for a second run.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

“The situation with warehouses collapsing one after another shows that this strategy was, overall, the wrong one.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

Graduating together made it easier for their parents, as they followed one after another in the ceremony.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

A human chain of volunteers handed chunks of building down the line, one after another, as more time passed.

From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026

As we watched, he ripped off the tips of his long fingernails one after another and placed them within the bowl, on top of the koka.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

one after another

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