successive
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The list also includes two Cambodian senators and a Chinese adviser to successive Cambodian prime ministers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
In the past 99 seasons, Coventry have won five successive games only five times - three of them have come under Lampard this season after another streak last term.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
The Seagulls are on a run of three successive victories, and have five wins in their past six games.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
One of the issues he identifies in the U.K. is that successive pieces of legislation have complicated data collection.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
As 11:00 approached, his companions watching from the spaceship would find the intervals between successive signals from the astronaut getting longer and longer, but this effect would be very small before 10:59:59.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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Siddhartha
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