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as in serial
appearing in parts or numbers that follow regularly
the long novel was filmed for television as an episodic movie that was shown over the course of five evenings
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as in sporadic
lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence
malaria is characterized by episodic attacks of chills and fever that coincide with mass destruction of blood cells
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Recent Examples of episodic
Baby Reindeer was hardly a laugh riot, but mortifying humor is still humor and, with episodic running times in the 30-minute range, the show had a charging, unpredictable momentum.
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
The Bangalore studio, which will become fully operational this summer, will be fully integrated into Rodeo FX’s global pipeline, to support productions across film, episodic, animation, advertising, and immersive experiences and help scale production capacity across the group.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
Fundamental cognitive functions such as perception, attention, episodic and semantic memory, motivation, control over behavior and the body schema all contribute to our identities.
—Masud Husain, Big Think, 14 Apr. 2026
The stage version’s episodic structure, aside from its tendency toward repetition, largely works well as a vehicle for Bunny’s restless imagination.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
The Bangalore studio, which will become fully operational this summer, will be fully integrated into Rodeo FX’s global pipeline, to support productions across film, episodic, animation, advertising, and immersive experiences and help scale production capacity across the group.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
Fundamental cognitive functions such as perception, attention, episodic and semantic memory, motivation, control over behavior and the body schema all contribute to our identities.
—Masud Husain, Big Think, 14 Apr. 2026
The stage version’s episodic structure, aside from its tendency toward repetition, largely works well as a vehicle for Bunny’s restless imagination.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for episodic
Adjective
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With Ebola’s serial interval of two to three weeks, 246 cases at declaration implies multiple generations of uncontrolled transmission.—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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Spain’s Rodrigo Sorogoyen has proven himself a master of the psychological thriller, whether the serial-killer kind (May God Save Us, 2016) the political kind (The Realm, 2018) or the true-crime kind (The Beasts, 2023).—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
16 May 2026
Adjective
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There were sporadic injuries reported as well as some arrests and property damage.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 May 2026
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Flowers nearly cover the plant in spring, followed by sporadic blooms throughout the season.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
16 May 2026
Adjective
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Also getting positive feedback and in the running for an order is drama In the Line of Fire (fka Protection, which is more serialized than the pure procedural pilots and has a strong family element.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
1 May 2026
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Most people live lives whose day-to-day features aren’t exactly gripping viewing and whose trajectories are difficult to squeeze into the structures and strictures of serialized television.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The concentrated schedule created a sense of occasion and urgency that is diluted when games are spread across Thursdays, occasional Wednesdays, Friday holidays, Saturday nights, Sunday mornings and multiple streaming-exclusive windows.—
Bobby Burack OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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This is a play that takes young people and their problems seriously, while incorporating occasional humor into the script and direction.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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According to Costigan and McIntyre, one 4-hour USB-charge should be good for seven to eight hours of runtime in high-intensity intermittent mode, or approximately 14 hours in the lowest-intensity steady output mode.—
Ben Coxworth
May 15,
New Atlas,
15 May 2026
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But 2026 has marked a new nadir for one of the world’s oldest civilizations, with the government’s massacre of anti-regime protestors in January and widespread destruction from the United States’ and Israel’s intermittent war.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
13 May 2026
Adjective
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The Sun were consistently among the WNBA’s top-performing franchises on and off the court before the league’s sudden exponential growth.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
13 May 2026
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Kathy Roth-Douquet, CEO of Blue Star Families, said as a result of these sudden deployments, some spouses have had to cut back on their work hours or quit their jobs to hold down the home front.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
13 May 2026
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“Episodic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/episodic. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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