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successive

[suhk-ses-iv] / səkˈsɛs ɪv /


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For successive governments this investment from India's Tata Group has been a £5bn triumph of industrial policy, but it is also a minimum requirement to secure the future of British car manufacturing.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

But unlike his peers, Kim Il Sung had built a personality cult robust enough to be passed down to successive generations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

After the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s, successive Conservative and Labour governments cut defence spending.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Each rung of the ladder is an inflation-protected security maturing in a successive year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

It was like I’d been hit by three successive waves of heartbreak, each one bigger than the last.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah




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