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Recent Examples of serially
Here’s what the serially successful executive coach and popular children’s author has to say about fear, both in the C-suite and on the home front.
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Maria Williams, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
The only other nations serially producing fifth-generation fighters are the US, with its F-35 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor, and China, with its Chengdu J-20 and Shenyang J-35.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 19 Nov. 2025
Iraq became proof that the model would work across the region, with Hezbollah serially midwifing the proxies that Iran sired.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Approximately 98 percent of cropland in the territory is damaged or inaccessible — decimating the agriculture sector and local food production — and nine of ten people have been serially displaced from their homes.
—Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Maria Williams, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
The only other nations serially producing fifth-generation fighters are the US, with its F-35 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor, and China, with its Chengdu J-20 and Shenyang J-35.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 19 Nov. 2025
Iraq became proof that the model would work across the region, with Hezbollah serially midwifing the proxies that Iran sired.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Approximately 98 percent of cropland in the territory is damaged or inaccessible — decimating the agriculture sector and local food production — and nine of ten people have been serially displaced from their homes.
—Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for serially
Adverb
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Adkins and his bandmates — guitarist Tom Linton, drummer Zach Lind and bassist Rick Burch — plan to play Bleed American in its entirety, but probably not sequentially, during the tour.—
Gary Graff,
Billboard,
10 Feb. 2026
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But these mechanisms evolved when information arrived more slowly and events unfolded sequentially.—
Charles Edward Gehrke,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Not many entertainment studios can say they’re successively owned by a media company, a dialup power player, a media company again, a telecom megalith, a cable giant and a software scion.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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It was worn successively by Queen Hortense, Queen Marie-Amelie and Isabelle of Orleans, according to the Louvre.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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To promote new points of view and enhance member involvement, the new amendment states that governors may serve on their BECs for a maximum of six years after the completion of their governor service, whether consecutively or not.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2026
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With the Nuggets announcing Friday that Peyton Watson (hamstring) will be re-evaluated in a month, six rotation players will miss three-plus weeks consecutively this season.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
6 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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As strong as Dallas has been in its six-game win streak, the Stars have allowed opponents to climb back into games repeatedly in the third.—
Lia Assimakopoulos,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Kitty, whose worldly possessions fit into two plastic bags, is seen repeatedly in the same clothes, and bourgeois hostility to her presence in Beth’s middle-class neighborhood compounds her feelings of worthlessness.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Serially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serially. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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