successive
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McGlynn, 64, has steered Falkirk to a top-six finish in the Scottish Premiership, having won successive promotions to the top flight.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
England are hunting their eighth successive Women's Six Nations title, but are attempting to maintain their streak without a host of names who helped them to the World Cup last year.
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
A string of five successive CEOs, including 80486 processor-designer Pat Gelsinger, couldn’t fix the problem.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
It had been expanded, improved upon, excavated and tunneled into by successive Masters of Stormhold, until the original mountain peak now raked the sky like the ornately carved tusk of some great, grey, granite beast.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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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