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Recent Examples of in series
The victory continued a trend of strong play in series finales.
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Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2026
What was so notable about the buzz titles at this year’s Series Mania, however, was that there were so many of them, not only in series selected but slates brought onto the market, such as Banijay’s 17-title Series Mania lineup.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 28 Mar. 2026
Formerly a series regular on Apple’s Home Before Dark, Scott has also been seen in series such as Insecure (HBO), Murder in the First (TNT), The Fosters (Freeform) and Twenties (Showtime).
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026
Catherine O’Hara, meanwhile, who was part of the In Memoriam segment at the Oscars, had a long career that included both iconic movies, like Beetlejuice and Home Alone, and TV, in series like Schitt’s Creek and The Studio, and will likely be honored in both.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 16 Mar. 2026
This will be accomplished using four cold compressors connected in series and integrated into one of the cold boxes that have just been delivered.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 2 Mar. 2026
Bella Ramsey takes a break from killing zombies and avenging father figures, their usual pastimes in series The Last of Us, to fool around and fall in love in Sunny Dancer, a decidedly uneven but fitfully charming, YA-skewed British comedy-drama.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
After 3rd Rock from the Sun, Lithgow seamlessly moved between television, film and theater, starring in series like Dexter and The Crown, and appearing in films such as Interstellar, Bombshell, Killers of the Flower Moon and Conclave.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
The part of the audience fresh to this season’s developments may recall Hearts’ brief appearance in series 2 of Succession — Roman Roy buys the club as a gift for his Scottish father, the domineering Logan, only to discover Logan supports Hibs, Hearts’ Edinburgh rivals.
—Michael Walker, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2026
What was so notable about the buzz titles at this year’s Series Mania, however, was that there were so many of them, not only in series selected but slates brought onto the market, such as Banijay’s 17-title Series Mania lineup.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 28 Mar. 2026
Formerly a series regular on Apple’s Home Before Dark, Scott has also been seen in series such as Insecure (HBO), Murder in the First (TNT), The Fosters (Freeform) and Twenties (Showtime).
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026
Catherine O’Hara, meanwhile, who was part of the In Memoriam segment at the Oscars, had a long career that included both iconic movies, like Beetlejuice and Home Alone, and TV, in series like Schitt’s Creek and The Studio, and will likely be honored in both.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 16 Mar. 2026
This will be accomplished using four cold compressors connected in series and integrated into one of the cold boxes that have just been delivered.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 2 Mar. 2026
Bella Ramsey takes a break from killing zombies and avenging father figures, their usual pastimes in series The Last of Us, to fool around and fall in love in Sunny Dancer, a decidedly uneven but fitfully charming, YA-skewed British comedy-drama.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
After 3rd Rock from the Sun, Lithgow seamlessly moved between television, film and theater, starring in series like Dexter and The Crown, and appearing in films such as Interstellar, Bombshell, Killers of the Flower Moon and Conclave.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
The part of the audience fresh to this season’s developments may recall Hearts’ brief appearance in series 2 of Succession — Roman Roy buys the club as a gift for his Scottish father, the domineering Logan, only to discover Logan supports Hibs, Hearts’ Edinburgh rivals.
—Michael Walker, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for in series
Adjective
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After consecutive years of other legislation that sought an outright repeal of the Medicaid expansion over rising expense to taxpayers, the work requirements bill was branded a compromise to rein in costs.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
1 Apr. 2026
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Injury update Heat guard Norman Powell was ruled out for a third consecutive game with an upper respiratory infection.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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In October, the Justice Department filed criminal charges against James that have since been thrown out successive times by federal judges.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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Foreign investors have been wary of Mongolia’s political volatility and the short tenure of successive governments.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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What is emerging is a picture of an artist of profound mathematical acuity, who mobilized geometric, sequential, and modular forms to test hypotheses on interrelation, regeneration, and evolution in pursuit of mystical revelation.—
Katherine Rochester,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2026
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While GPUs are ideal for training and running AI models because their thousands of cores can perform many operations simultaneously, CPUs have a smaller number of powerful cores running sequential general-purpose tasks.—
Lola Murti,Katie Tarasov,
CNBC,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Senior Sarah Graves and Texas women’s basketball are headed back to their second straight Final Four after a 77-41 win over Michigan in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament on Monday at Dickies Arena.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Mar. 2026
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Gilgeous-Alexander scored six straight points to cut the deficit to 97-96 and Jaylin Williams, who missed his first five shots, drained a corner 3-pointer to tie the game at 99.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2026
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“In series.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/in%20series. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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