quick succession
collocation in Englishmeaningsofquickandsuccession
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quick
adjective
uk/kwɪk/us/kwɪk/
happening or done with great speed, or lasting only a ...
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succession
noun
uk/səkˈseʃ.ən/us/səkˈseʃ.ən/
a number of similar events or people that happen, exist, etc. after ...
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(Definition ofquickandsuccessionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The zero plural avoids the problem of having two sibilants inquicksuccessionat the end of the words, and coincidentally maintains the classical tradition.
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Multiple locations were sampled inquicksuccessionto allow control and test samples to be compared as closely as possible, as far as geography permitted.
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Programmes, plans, and departments dedicated to human rights followed inquicksuccession.
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In these forced choice tasks, subjects decided whether an illuminant change or material change occurred in displays presented inquicksuccession.
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One might think that the performance of several versions of the same chant inquicksuccessionwould lead to monotony, but it is not so.
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With two children born inquicksuccession(and two more later), money was tight, in spite of the overtime he worked.
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We hypothesized that children would particularly benefit from trying to parse two examples of the same sentence inquicksuccession.
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It is unusual for editors to receive two papers on the same topic inquicksuccession, and we gave careful thought to whether they should be presented separately or together.
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Since the kernels have a unique waveform within them they can be identified along two pulses which are fired inquicksuccessiondown the same wave path or sound path.
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Cells were also captured repeatedly (16 times) inquicksuccessionin order to estimate the coefficient of variation of measurements made from different captures of the same image.
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At the busy stations, the trains come inquicksuccession; no sooner does one pull out than another pulls in.
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We have made an allowance forquicksuccession.
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I recently paid two farm visits inquicksuccession.
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Is the fact that we have had these four wars inquicksuccessiona coincidence or has a common theme brought them about?
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It is only fair to point out that there was some relief under thequicksuccessionprovisions which have been mentioned in the debate.
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I cannot see any justification for making this great extension to the principle ofquicksuccessionto the particular case where the deaths are simultaneous.
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Two sets of changes inquicksuccessionwould make business planning an absolute nightmare.
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They expect larger and, above all, courageous steps inquicksuccession.
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These problems stem from the difficulty of maintaining cumulation for employees who undertake a number of short-term engagements inquicksuccession.
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