sequentially

adverb

as in successively
in succession without others coming in between number the art prints in the limited edition sequentially so that collectors will know which one they have

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Recent Examples of sequentially Chengdu was the principal engine of improvement, according to Bernstein, with traffic increasing 116 percent year-over-year; Beijing also improved sequentially by 4 percent, while Hong Kong was broadly stable. — Denni Hu, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026 Pepsi's North American convenient foods business, which includes brands like Doritos and Quaker Oats, saw its organic revenue improve sequentially. — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026 As a result, each shell collapses sequentially, gradually absorbing and dissipating the kinetic energy. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026 The 52-piece instrumental Astronomia albums were released sequentially on the spring equinox, summer solstice, fall equinox, and winter solstice of 2021. — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 8 Sep. 2026 Activities that once moved sequentially across teams increasingly operate in continuous loops, with signals interpreted in real time, actions coordinated across channels, and outcomes fed directly back into the system. — Harvard Business Review, 4 Sep. 2026 In a normal Transformer, tokens—the units of information that large language models process—are passed from lower layers of a model’s neural network to higher layers sequentially, with each layer applying mathematical operations in turn. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026 The platform deploys an engine of specialized, multi-agent AI systems that analyze land, power availability, fiber connections, and local zoning laws simultaneously rather than sequentially. — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026 Kering was the outlier with first-half sales off 3%, though results sequentially improved from -4% in first quarter to -1% in the second. — Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sequentially
  1. successively
  2. together
  3. consecutively
Adverb
  • Their concentrations then increase at successively higher trophic levels (levels of the food chain) as organisms consume contaminated prey.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Samsung has successively shaved a few millimeters off every year, taking a leap last year with the Z Fold 7.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of successively
Adverb
  • His proficiency, buoyed by his expensive taste and skill in daisy-chaining images together, got his foot in the door of the indie-rap revitalization.
    — Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Underneath the celebrity and the tabloid headlines is someone who’s vulnerable, funny and desperately trying to hold her life together.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of together
Adverb
  • The court ordered the sentences to be served consecutively, for a total term of 24 years.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Robert Kaskel, vice president of people at ezCater, tells CNBC Make It that the percentage of workers skipping out on meals has increased consecutively for the past four years.
    — Itzel Franco, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of consecutively

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“Sequentially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequentially. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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