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
Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 12 July 2025
Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who can’t stop watching their favorite fictional serial killer.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 14 June 2025
At its height, the serial reached ten million listeners, airing multiple times per day.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
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Adjective
The show seems to be starting mid–book series with 2022’s Desert Star, about a serial killer targeting women; that means Titus Welliver is back as her sort-of mentor Harry Bosch.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 12 July 2025
Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who can’t stop watching their favorite fictional serial killer.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
Noun
In 1922, John Stevenson was killed while doubling for Pearl White, the star of The Perils of Pauline serials.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 14 June 2025
At its height, the serial reached ten million listeners, airing multiple times per day.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for serial
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How accurate is the Farmers' Almanac? Farmers' Almanac is an annual American periodical that has been in continuous publication since 1818, providing long-range weather predictions for the U.S. and Canada.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Please Don’t Eat the Daisies by Jean Kerr (1957) $16 $19 now 16% off This used to be a proper country, where numerous humor writers regularly published in mainstream periodicals their gentle, relatable, and cutting musings about the foibles of modern life.—
Brian Boone,
Vulture,
18 June 2025
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President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Friday against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch a day after the newspaper published a story reporting on his ties to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 July 2025
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Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of solutions for their local newspaper.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
19 July 2025
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According to Healthcare Workers Watch, a Palestinian non-governmental organization that has been cited in medical journals and international media reports, Sultan was the seventieth health-care worker killed in the Gaza Strip in the past fifty days alone.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
19 July 2025
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The fossil was displayed at the Museum of Ancient Life in Thanksgiving Point, Utah, from 2000 to 2024 and has not been studied or described formally in a scientific journal, Sotheby’s said.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
18 July 2025
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And yet, Ullmann calls this introspective book a novel, imposing some distance between herself and the story she’s told.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
The Atlantic,
15 July 2025
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In this way, The Bewitching could be viewed as a dark academia book too.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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But as Jennifer Levasseur wrote for Smithsonian magazine in 2019, the franchise’s branding and merchandising campaigns—through the sale of toys, figurines and eventually video games—helped secure the franchise’s financial success and inspired its global fandom.—
Christian Thorsberg,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 July 2025
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Hurwitz is the executive editor of the online classical-music magazine ClassicsToday.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
20 July 2025
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“Serial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serial. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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