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as in serial
appearing in parts or numbers that follow regularly
the long novel was filmed for television as an episodic movie that was shown over the course of five evenings
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as in sporadic
lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence
malaria is characterized by episodic attacks of chills and fever that coincide with mass destruction of blood cells
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Recent Examples of episodic
The lineup also includes music videos, short films, episodic programming and a host of panels, discussions and special events.
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Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025
The eruption was characterized by episodic lava fountaining not seen since the 1980s, according to the USGS.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2025
The fests focused on reasoning, attention, information processing, executive function, working memory, and episodic memory.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Starring the rapper/actor as a fictionalized version of himself, The Vince Staples Show is part episodic comedy, part social satire, part surrealist exploration of urban anxiety — and 100 percent original.
—EW.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025
The eruption was characterized by episodic lava fountaining not seen since the 1980s, according to the USGS.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2025
The fests focused on reasoning, attention, information processing, executive function, working memory, and episodic memory.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Starring the rapper/actor as a fictionalized version of himself, The Vince Staples Show is part episodic comedy, part social satire, part surrealist exploration of urban anxiety — and 100 percent original.
—EW.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for episodic
Adjective
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JoJo Simmons grew up in a family with its own reality TV show and has become a serial entrepreneur.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
8 Sep. 2025
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Directed by Cho Young-jun and starring Cho Yeo-jeong and Jung Sung-il, the film follows a reporter who agrees to interview a serial killer claiming responsibility for 11 murders.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Kiir and Machar had served in a unity government as part of a peace deal that ended the civil war, but their partnership remained tenuous and sporadic violence has continued between the two sides.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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If done right, rather than being a sporadic on-again, off-again (and, perhaps, threatening) part of workplace life, change will be embraced as a foundational attribute of your organization’s entrepreneurial culture.—
Julia Dhar,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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If anything, the conclusion of The Fugitive proved that viewers craved resolution in serialized storytelling.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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In many ways, being a serialized Weekly Shōnen Jump artist is akin to running a marathon at a sprinter’s pace.—
Matt Alt,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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In some cases, this even results in no weight loss during intermittent fasting, and instead to muscle loss and fat buildup.—
Frederik Jötten,
Scientific American,
12 Sep. 2025
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What's more, intermittent fasting (which has been shown to alleviate some symptoms of Alzheimer's disease), following a period of eating a high-fat diet was also enough of an intervention to restore normal activity to the CCK interneurons.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In August 2023, Perez – a tourism official who manages the island’s biggest concert venue, the Coliseo – got a phone call from two producers for Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, the genre-bending Puerto Rican rapper, singer, actor and occasional professional wrestler better known as Bad Bunny.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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About the series This is the second this year in an occasional series on 2025 winners of the annual WaterSmart Landscape Contest, conducted in partnership with the San Diego County Water Authority.—
Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Obvious as that opening sequence at the cider mill might be, there’s a lingering queasiness to its Wes Anderson-like top-down shots of apples being funnelled through a big machine that shuts down the second an irregular object is thrown into the mix.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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These irregular, geometric objects transform throwaway plastics into collectible design, sparking reflection on consumption and permanence in the digital age.—
Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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And then all of a sudden, the pick.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Episodic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/episodic. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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