The cathedral was used successively as a theatre, a grain store and a Temple of Reason, but despite the losses and damage, survived with its structure intact.

The Tower was used by the Ottomans successively as a fort, garrison and a prison.

Annexin A5 has been successively used to detect apoptotic cells in vitro and in vivo.

Depending on the length and diameter of the screws, more than one machine could be used successively to lift the same water.

The shrine was used successively by Roman pagans and Christians.

Thereafter Greyfriars was used successively as a hospital for the poor (1578) and a house of correction for the punishment of idle or vagrant people (1590).

It never appeared in any public timetable and has been successively used by miners, the military, Channel Tunnel workmen and finally by railway staff.

Deep excavations in 2007 confirmed findings from earlier test borings, that several types of earth and clay from different sources had been used successively.

The name Théâtre de la Renaissance has been used successively for three distinct Parisian theatre companies.

In its history it has been used successively and simultaneously as an orphanage, a prison, a lunatic asylum, and a hospital.