serialize
verb
se·ri·al·ize
ˈsir-ē-ə-ˌlīz 
serialized; serializing
: to arrange or publish in serial form
serialize a novel
Examples of serialize in a Sentence
Her story was serialized in the magazine.
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Picking up after the legendary father-son showdown, this new chapter in the Baki saga adapts Keisuke Itagaki’s Baki-Dou, originally serialized in Weekly Shonen Champion.
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Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026
The assault was first reported in September when a book about the royal family was serialized in the U.K.'s Times newspaper, but had not previously been confirmed by Buckingham Palace.
—Reuters, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
One of them appears in Travelling Companions, a short, early James novel, also serialized in The Atlantic.
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Plus, the entire story was already so episodic, constructed of chapters that jumped back and forth in time, that serializing the films felt very much in the spirit of the whole thing.
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Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026
The assault was first reported in September when a book about the royal family was serialized in the U.K.'s Times newspaper, but had not previously been confirmed by Buckingham Palace.
—Reuters, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
One of them appears in Travelling Companions, a short, early James novel, also serialized in The Atlantic.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2025
Plus, the entire story was already so episodic, constructed of chapters that jumped back and forth in time, that serializing the films felt very much in the spirit of the whole thing.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for serialize
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“Serialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/serialize. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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serialize
verb
se·ri·al·ize
ˈsir-ē-ə-ˌlīz
serialized; serializing
: to arrange or publish in serial form
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