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
Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
The discovery of Suazo's body marks the 13th unexplained death in remote or wooded areas in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Maine since March, sparking concerns of a possible serial killer on the loose in the region, Fox News reported.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 7 June 2025
Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 6 May 2025
The re-up keeps the serial, which launched in 1987, on the network through its 41st year in 2027-28.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
The serial killer known as the Night Stalker, a professed Satanist, had been sentenced to death a year before, and the McMartin Preschool molestation case, with its wild claims of ritual abuse of children, was still slogging through the courts.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
The discovery of Suazo's body marks the 13th unexplained death in remote or wooded areas in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Maine since March, sparking concerns of a possible serial killer on the loose in the region, Fox News reported.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 7 June 2025
Noun
With a visual style reminiscent of silent films, pulp serials, and very early computer games, Lucas Pope’s masterpiece begins with a mystery: The Obra Dinn, a merchant vessel missing since 1803, has suddenly appeared off the coast of England five years later, with all 60 souls aboard dead.
—Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 6 May 2025
The re-up keeps the serial, which launched in 1987, on the network through its 41st year in 2027-28.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for serial
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Finally, after several years of a successful revival in France, Humanoids opted to go the crowdfunding route to get a new, more deluxe periodical off the ground.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Plenty of people still enjoy traditional books and periodicals, and there are even readers for whom the networked age has enabled a kind of hyper-literacy; for them, a smartphone is a library in their pocket.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
17 June 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,
24 June 2025
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The Virginian started his career as a newspaper reporter with stops at the Springfield Union, The Washington Post and the New York Herald Tribune.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
24 June 2025
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The results were published in the journal Contraception.—
Lisa Falco,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Published in the journal Microbial Cell, the new study sheds new light on caffeine's surprising ability to influence how our cells respond to stress and energy shortages, factors long associated with ageing and disease.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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There were reports that the players took charge after a couple of games and insisted on changes to the starting XI, wrote Brian Glanville in his book, The History of the World Cup, although these suggestions are denied by members of Feola’s coaching staff.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
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By the time the sportswriter Sam Smith published a book about the Bulls’ 1990-91 season, in which Jordan and the Bulls finally broke the Pistons’ stranglehold on the Eastern Conference, Jordan was one of the most famous men on the planet.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
22 June 2025
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But just as important to the Poles living under Soviet dictatorship were art books, fashion magazines, religious texts, lighthearted novels and regular newspapers.—
Valorie Castellanos Clark,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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Wintour began her career in fashion journalism in 1970 at her native United Kingdom’s Harper's & Queen magazine, established after Harper’s Bazaar U.K. merged with Queen magazine.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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“Serial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serial. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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