serialize
verb
se·ri·al·ize
ˈsir-ē-ə-ˌlīz 
serialized; serializing
: to arrange or publish in serial form
serialize a novel
Examples of serialize in a Sentence
Her story was serialized in the magazine.
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Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole is lightly serialized, but following the ongoing story is not really the point; in a meta effort to convey how time is meaningless to the immortal, Stamatopoulos requested that the first season be aired in a random order.
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Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole is lightly serialized, but following the ongoing story is not really the point; in a meta effort to convey how time is meaningless to the immortal, Stamatopoulos requested that the first season be aired in a random order.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
Larner was a speechwriter for Eugene McCarthy during his 1968 campaign for president, which inspired his book Nobody Knows, serialized for Harpers in ’69.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2026
Picking up after the legendary father-son showdown, this new chapter in the Baki saga adapts Keisuke Itagaki’s Baki-Dou, originally serialized in Weekly Shonen Champion.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for serialize
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“Serialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/serialize. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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serialize
verb
se·ri·al·ize
ˈsir-ē-ə-ˌlīz
serialized; serializing
: to arrange or publish in serial form
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