as in serialized
appearing in parts or numbers that follow regularly
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" first appeared as a serial novel from 1851 to 1852
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as in periodical
a publication that appears at regular intervals
the university library has a vast collection of serials
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Recent Examples of serial
Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Guardiola, like a lot of serial champions, tends to remember the bad results longer than the good ones.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 14 May 2026
Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Nov. 2025
There’s long been interest in those accused of heinous crimes — serial killers Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer famously received numerous letters from fans while incarcerated.
—Lorena O'Neil, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
Bringing Curiosity into Innovation Fattkay is a serial entrepreneur with years of experience across technology and crypto.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Guardiola, like a lot of serial champions, tends to remember the bad results longer than the good ones.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 14 May 2026
Noun
While Star Wars has historically borrowed its tone from B-movies and swashbuckling serials, Rogue One brought a new, more serious approach to its subject matter.
—Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Nov. 2025
There’s long been interest in those accused of heinous crimes — serial killers Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer famously received numerous letters from fans while incarcerated.
—Lorena O'Neil, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for serial
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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
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Science communication still relies on media channels such as newspapers, periodicals, radio, and television.—
Prodromos Yannas,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 May 2026
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The gala’s funds support acquisitions of garments and accessories, but also the institute’s reference library, which holds over 800 periodicals and 1,500 designer files pertaining to the history of fashion and clothing, dating back to the sixteenth century.—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
1 May 2026
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The university's newspaper The Daily Nexus reported that campus crime rates have been on the rise since 2022 — with more reports of rape, dating violence and stalking.—
Bethany Brown,
PEOPLE,
14 May 2026
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In February, a local newspaper, the Big Bend Sentinel, reported that construction was imminent.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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Now, in the journal Nature Neuroscience, a team describes a solution that decodes a person's brain waves to choose which voice their hearing system will amplify.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
14 May 2026
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In a study published Wednesday in the scientific journal Nature, Chinese geneticist Fu Qiaomei and her colleagues successfully extracted and analyzed ancient enamel proteins from the teeth unearthed at three sites in China.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
14 May 2026
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There has been books written about it.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
19 May 2026
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Ultimately, for as much this is a book about archeology, the emotional anchor is really Lena’s unresolved issues with her mother.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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The other reason is a glossy magazine spread.—
Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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Similar summaries of the show in the magazine Soap Opera Digest provoked outrage within the fledgling magazine’s readership.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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“Serial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serial. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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