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There is no limit: gaps between successive primes can be arbitrarily large. As of 2014, the largest prime gap between proven primes is 1,113,106. The two successive primes at either end have 18662 digits each.

A larger gap, of 3,311,852 numbers between probable primes has been conjectured.

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