consecutive quarter

collocation in English

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consecutive
adjective
uk
/kənˈsek.jə.tɪv/us
/kənˈsek.jə.t̬ɪv/
Consecutive events, numbers, etc. follow one after another without ...
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quarter
noun
uk
/ˈkwɔː.tər/us
/ˈkwɔːr.t̬ɚ/
one of four equal or almost equal parts of ...
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(Definition ofconsecutiveandquarterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It may be more helpful, therefore, to look at non-oil output, which fell in the third quarter for the fifthconsecutivequarter.
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Export orders continued to fall for the thirteenthconsecutivequarter.
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The busiest hour is defined as that fourconsecutivequarterhours whose traffic intensity is the greatest.
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These results reflect the tenthconsecutivequarterof improvements.
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A pension fund is not required to submit a quarterly return when assets of the fund fall below $60 million for three consecutive quarters.
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This was at a time when the automaker experienced falling earnings and had to skip the dividend payments to its shareholders for the fourthconsecutivequarter.
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The decline in economic growth for 10 consecutive quarters has taken its toll.
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The debate gives me the opportunity to dwell on the fact that we have experienced 15 consecutive quarters of growth.
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By then, demand had risen for nine consecutive quarters, to a level exceeding its previous peak in the second quarter of 1990.
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There has been a decrease in the number of motor-cycle accidents in seven consecutive quarters.
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They have suffered two consecutive quarters of negative growth.
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Output has risen for eight consecutive quarters and has now returned to its pre-recession peak.
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Output has been growing for no fewer than 15 consecutive quarters.
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We have a forecast of virtually nil growth in four consecutive quarters.
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A common convention is to define a recession as two or more consecutive quarters of falling output, with the recovery dated from when output clearly starts to rise again.
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Manufacturing investment has fallen for the past three consecutive quarters, and is below the 1979 level.
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Five consecutive quarters of growth followed until early 2005 when revenues once again took a downward plunge.
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The company has now posted 20 consecutive quarters of growth.
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Profitable revenue increased five consecutive quarters to over $1 billion as the dot-com bubble collapsed.
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