as in serial
appearing in parts or numbers that follow regularly
a serialized made-for-TV movie
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Recent Examples of serialized
Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Jan. 2026
Each set comes with a serialized Certificate of Authenticity and the final lot, set number 232, also comes with the three original dies used to strike the coins.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
In China, stores turned sales receipts into serialized fiction, printing 20 chapters of a compelling narrative featuring its mascot, Snow King, and sparking a nationwide craze.
—Theodora Yu, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2025
At first, Condé Nast wasn’t commenting on the salacious allegations her former fiancé, reporter Ryan Lizza, was making via his serialized Substack.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 1 Dec. 2025
But of all shows, does The Chair Company actually lend itself to an ongoing serialized narrative?
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
These platforms leverage vast IP pipelines from online literature platforms COL, China Literature and Tomato Novel, converting their blockbuster web novels into serialized vertical dramas.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
Spinning off movie properties to TV has had mixed results and doing horror in particular is considered a pretty tricky genre for serialized shows.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Launching a medical procedural with serialized elements, including a romance, has been a big priority there.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
That's just the way that the escalating serialized drama has to be built.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Jan. 2026
Each set comes with a serialized Certificate of Authenticity and the final lot, set number 232, also comes with the three original dies used to strike the coins.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
In China, stores turned sales receipts into serialized fiction, printing 20 chapters of a compelling narrative featuring its mascot, Snow King, and sparking a nationwide craze.
—Theodora Yu, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2025
At first, Condé Nast wasn’t commenting on the salacious allegations her former fiancé, reporter Ryan Lizza, was making via his serialized Substack.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 1 Dec. 2025
But of all shows, does The Chair Company actually lend itself to an ongoing serialized narrative?
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
These platforms leverage vast IP pipelines from online literature platforms COL, China Literature and Tomato Novel, converting their blockbuster web novels into serialized vertical dramas.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
Spinning off movie properties to TV has had mixed results and doing horror in particular is considered a pretty tricky genre for serialized shows.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Launching a medical procedural with serialized elements, including a romance, has been a big priority there.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for serialized
Adjective
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After a serial killer attacks a Florida State University sorority house leaving multiple sisters dead, the stakes have never been higher.—
Amanda Favazza,
Southern Living,
6 Feb. 2026
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Don't miss these Police used a drone to catch a serial law-breaker in Stoughton.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The newspaper printed its last edition in June 2021 after police raided its office and froze its assets.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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The rectangular flag sign was professionally made, with black uppercase letters printed neatly in three decks over a white background, with hints of the American flag at the top and bottom.—
Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2026
Verb
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This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.—
Ryan Mancini,
The Hill,
14 Feb. 2026
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Lord of the Flies, first published by Faber for what was then an unknown author, has become one of the most popular books on the English schooling curriculum for the last seven decades.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an opinion on Thursday establishing limits on when an outside investigation must take place following a Texas jail inmate’s death.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Feb. 2026
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Snow and ice fell in all 254 Texas counties, and the National Weather Service issued an unprecedented statewide blanket of winter storm warnings.—
Newsroom Meteorologist,
Houston Chronicle,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Serialized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serialized. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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