successive
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Somehow, even if they do, there is a successive chain of Agriculture Department inspectors, including at slaughterhouses and things like that, that are going to notice a gaping wound on an animal.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
After all, the plan had been to be following Craig Bellamy's side across Canada, Mexico and the US as the country wrapped itself in its second successive bout of World Cup fever.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Daniel Mason splices together different narrative strands to create a single story connecting its successive inhabitants.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Billam-Smith, fighting for the first time since signing with Zuffa Boxing, emptied the tank - landing at least 10 successive hooks - in the sixth after backing Rozicki into the corner.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
The time interval between the arrival of successive waves at the spaceship would get longer and longer, so the light from the star would appear redder and redder and fainter and fainter.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
Vocabulary lists containing successive
Siddhartha
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The Joy Luck Club
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The Thing About Jellyfish
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