consecutive term

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consecutive
adjective
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/kənˈsek.jə.tɪv/us
/kənˈsek.jə.t̬ɪv/
Consecutive events, numbers, etc. follow one after another without ...
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term
noun
uk
/tɜːm/us
/tɝːm/
the fixed period of time that something ...
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(Definition ofconsecutiveandtermfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He would be returned for a fifthconsecutiveterm.
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Your choice., won a tenthconsecutivetermin office.
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Re-election for aconsecutivetermis not allowed.
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He went on to win a sixthconsecutiveterm.
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He left the city council after his third and finalconsecutivetermended in 2007.
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They can be re-elected but may not run for a thirdconsecutiveterm.
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But he is ineligible for re-election since he is on his thirdconsecutivetermalready.
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He was reelected during the 2013 elections, placing twelfth, his fourthconsecutiveterm.
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Board members serve for four years, and may serve a secondconsecutivetermif reappointed.
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She is in her thirdconsecutivetermalready and is ineligible for reelection.
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He again was reelected in 1994, for a fourthconsecutiveterm.
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Senators can not hold more than oneconsecutiveterm, therefore senators can not be re-elected.
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Senators who are currently serving their secondconsecutivetermare term limited, although they may run again in 2016.
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Botelho, in 2012, is finishing his thirdconsecutivetermas mayor, having first been elected in 2003.
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He later returned to the party fold and was elected for the fourthconsecutivetermin 1994.
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Withconsecutivetermlimits, a legislator is limited to serving a particular number of years in that particular office.
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She was re-elected to a second term in 2007 and a thirdconsecutivetermin 2010.
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Like the legislators, the governor and vice-governor are elected for a four-year term, and can be re-elected for oneconsecutiveterm.
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The move was widely seen as a surrogate candidacy so that her husband could continue his administration for a secondconsecutiveterm.
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The party's support had plunged into the low teens, and it was obvious that it would not win a record fifthconsecutivetermin government.
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The president is elected by popular vote for a six-year term (eligible for a second term, but not for a thirdconsecutiveterm).
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That was the firstconsecutiveterm, but consecutive terms were allowed since 1789, it's just no one wanted to do it!
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