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
Deborah Wince-Smith, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The Cubs bullpen is the main cause of the serial nervousness, thanks to a 5.61 ERA and 1.90 WHIP heading into Saturday’s game.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
Rory Doherty, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Debuting May 21 exclusively for Tennessean subscribers: Murder on Music Row, a new 8-part true crime podcast that will remind you of how important 1989 was in the history of country music and an 8-part serial detailing the story two bullets stopped the Nashville man from telling.
—Staff Report, The Tennessean, 29 Apr. 2024
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Adjective
This could include barring infringing products or serial IP rights violators from the U.S. market, and preventing foreign companies that repeatedly infringe on U.S IP access to the U.S. banking system.
—Deborah Wince-Smith, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The Cubs bullpen is the main cause of the serial nervousness, thanks to a 5.61 ERA and 1.90 WHIP heading into Saturday’s game.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
Noun
Voice-only performances of Holmes and Watson date back to 1930 (in radio serials, not video games), and Riley joins the historic tradition with a performance that’s convincing and endearing, lending Watson an emotive, classic quality that invites the player to navigate the mystery themselves.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Debuting May 21 exclusively for Tennessean subscribers: Murder on Music Row, a new 8-part true crime podcast that will remind you of how important 1989 was in the history of country music and an 8-part serial detailing the story two bullets stopped the Nashville man from telling.
—Staff Report, The Tennessean, 29 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for serial
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Similarly, Amos Kendall, the nation’s postmaster general, adopted an extreme states’ rights position and suppressed the periodicals in the interest of buttressing local mores.—
Sarah Prager,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Mar. 2025
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The Democrat and the Gazette even blamed the Black residents of Elaine for the violence and the Black periodicals the Chicago Defender and The Crisis (the NAACP’s magazine) for inciting racial hatred.—
Christmaelle Vernet & Kathy Roberts Forde / Made by History,
TIME,
28 Feb. 2025
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The seed round was co-led by Sharp Alpha, a venture capital firm based in New York, and dmg ventures, the venture capital arm of DMGT, which owns the Daily Mail newspaper among other holdings.—
Tim Casey,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Sensational newspaper accounts later suggested the three men had starved to death in the boat after attempting to eat their life vests—a theory that was soon debunked.—
Greg Daugherty,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
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In a study published in the journal Nature Astronomy on April 14, 2025, my planetary scientist colleagues and I tried to answer an age-old question: Where are all the carbonaceous chondrites?—
Patrick M. Shober,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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In the journal Science Advances, the researchers describe a series of tests showing that crows clearly had a sense of right angles, parallel lines, and symmetry.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
12 Apr. 2025
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From her searching emerges a book that might be called biography, historiography, cultural criticism, manifesto, or all of the above—a memoir, in a sense, of the internet.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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Spiritual leaders say while the Muslim holy book, the Quran, is a main reference, their faith incorporates certain beliefs found in other religions, such as reincarnation.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
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And Phoebe Cleary Rudd, 29, has grown online hospitality magazine The Sauce to 600,000 monthly readers and is expanding into Club Sauce, an influencer marketing platform.—
Alexandra York,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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While Harry shared a brief, positive meeting with his father following Charles’ cancer diagnosis in 2024, communication between father and son has since broken down, People magazine previously reported.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Serial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serial. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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