one after another
idiom
1
: in a continuing series
The buses kept arriving, one after another.
One person after another walked out of the concert.
2
: each one in a continuing series
One after another of her friends got married and moved away.
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Several people could be seen dropping overboard into the water one after another just after the blaze disappeared.
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Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2025
There is a potential for multiple thunderstorms to move over the same area one after another, like train cars on a track, leading to heavy rainfall in a short period and increasing the risk of flooding in that area, the weather service said.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2025
Imagine a classical computer trying every single path in a maze, one after another, while a quantum computer could, in a simplified analogy, see and evaluate all paths simultaneously.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Outside Quail’s clubhouse that day, fellow tour pros stopped one after another to congratulate him.
—Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 21 May 2025
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Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2025
There is a potential for multiple thunderstorms to move over the same area one after another, like train cars on a track, leading to heavy rainfall in a short period and increasing the risk of flooding in that area, the weather service said.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2025
Imagine a classical computer trying every single path in a maze, one after another, while a quantum computer could, in a simplified analogy, see and evaluate all paths simultaneously.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Outside Quail’s clubhouse that day, fellow tour pros stopped one after another to congratulate him.
—Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 21 May 2025
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“One after another.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one%20after%20another. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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