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
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
Considering her Season 1 character Mia, aka Lady Vengeance, a serial killer by night and sommelier by day, was killed while jailed, is anyone’s guess.
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Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
29 June 2026
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
23 May 2026
Despite his badass Mandalorian bounty hunter credentials, Djarin proves refreshingly vulnerable, with various bad guys getting the better of him so often the film begins to resemble one of those old-time movie serials whose installments always ended with a cliffhanger.
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Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
19 May 2026
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Adjective
According to a probable cause affidavit obtained by the Philadelphia Inquirer, investigators also found an unsigned handwritten letter mentioning serial killer Ted Bundy.
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Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
Considering her Season 1 character Mia, aka Lady Vengeance, a serial killer by night and sommelier by day, was killed while jailed, is anyone’s guess.
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Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
29 June 2026
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The story is like an old-fashioned film serial blown up to blockbuster proportions, set in a world that has dominated pop culture for almost 50 years.
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Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
23 May 2026
Despite his badass Mandalorian bounty hunter credentials, Djarin proves refreshingly vulnerable, with various bad guys getting the better of him so often the film begins to resemble one of those old-time movie serials whose installments always ended with a cliffhanger.
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Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
19 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for serial
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The workflow is designed specifically for serialized formats, with support for recurring characters, multi-episode continuity, and high-volume studio output – functions that generic AI video tools have not prioritized.
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The Syfy-channel TV show Channel Zero uses some of the best known of these fables as fodder for serialized storytelling.
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The center’s resources—all free—include more than a million books and periodicals, with 400 terminals and 75 staff members available to help dig through them.
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Galaxy, Analog, and Amazing Stories, those three periodicals – and our bathroom was piled high.
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Soldiers were deployed outside the Kampala offices of the Daily Monitor newspaper early Sunday.
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The Southern California Journalism Awards span print newspapers and magazines, TV, radio and digital news outlets as well as radio, podcasting and social media.
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The findings were published on Monday in the journal Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.
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The cockroaches were first reported in the United States in 1978 with infestations at military bases in Lathrop, California, and El Paso, Texas, the journal said.
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The future king of Britain descends from American patriots who fought against the crown he is destined to inherit, according to a new book tracing Prince William's family tree.
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The midnight fireworks display on the National Mall on July 4 was one for the history books.
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Mark Singer, who contributed to this magazine as a staff writer for fifty-two years, died of cancer, at Memorial Sloan Kettering in Manhattan, not far from his apartment, on June 19th.
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Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude.
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“Serial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serial. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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