sequentially
Americanadverb
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one after the other.
The interactive feature allows you to present the photographs and other information sequentially rather than overwhelming the viewer by displaying everything at once.
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chronologically, or according to numerical, alphabetical, or some other recognized order.
Apart from your original post and sequentially first comment, all you’ve been doing is trashing liberals.
If the files had originally been numbered sequentially, one would know how many were skipped and how many there were in total.
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Business. by comparison with the immediately preceding period, usually a fiscal quarter.
While their latest figures reflect a profit increase of about 5.1 percent sequentially, the company is still taking a dip of around 19 percent year over year.
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GPUs, with their parallel processing capabilities, could render vast swaths of pixels far better than central processing units, which can only carry out tasks sequentially.
From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026
But in this system, researchers believe the star may have produced its planets sequentially rather than all at once.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
China is now importing less oil sequentially year on year.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Sectoral earnings are expected to have grown 2%-4% sequentially and 7%-9% on year, supported by steady net interest income, robust non-interest income and easing margin pressures, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
We’ll assume she meets men sequentially, can judge the relative suitability for her of those she’s met, and once she’s rejected someone, he’s gone forever.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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