successive

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Chelsea lost four successive games between 11 and 21 March, including an 8-2 defeat on aggregate in their Champions League last-16 tie with Paris St-Germain.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

However, relatively few players in salmon or navy blue shone as Steve Clarke's side succumbed to successive 1-0 defeats.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

From 1998 onwards, the temporary moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions has been renewed at successive WTO ministerial conferences.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

The Fed left rates unchanged at its March meeting, extending a pause after three successive cuts late last year.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

In that interval of nearly two years, successive crops of plankton had flowered and faded away, but the poison, although no longer present in the water, had somehow passed from generation to generation.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson