serialized 1 of 2

as in serial
appearing in parts or numbers that follow regularly a serialized made-for-TV movie

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verb

past tense of serialize

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Recent Examples of serialized
Adjective
Noiser presents each story as a serialized listening experience in the podcast apps people already use every day. Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Seen together, the trilogy charts both a personal coming-of-age and a generational coming-to-grips with aging that, even when compared against similar serialized documentary experiments like Michael Apted’s 7 Up installments, feels wholly unique. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2026 There’s some wisdom in not having a rape threat hover over ten hours of serialized television, and the shift has opened up some thorny connections between Cady and Anna Bowden, whose pasts continue to intersect in intriguing ways. Scott Tobias, Vulture, 17 July 2026 It’ll be built in limited numbers with serialized plaques on the dash, but the press release doesn’t mention how many the manufacturer will make. Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 15 July 2026 Genre has been a dominant publishing force since at least the nineteenth century, with pulp magazines and serialized paperbacks providing mass entertainment for readers of almost any age and demographic. Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 July 2026 The workflow is designed specifically for serialized formats, with support for recurring characters, multi-episode continuity, and high-volume studio output – functions that generic AI video tools have not prioritized. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 June 2026 The Syfy-channel TV show Channel Zero uses some of the best known of these fables as fodder for serialized storytelling. David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026 This kind of serialized storytelling is central to television. Jessica Maddox, The Conversation, 14 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for serialized
Adjective
  • Nearly a decade after a series of killings, the trial for the man prosecutors accuse of being the Indian Creek serial killer got underway Thursday morning in Jackson County Circuit Court in downtown Kansas City.
    Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Why is Fredrick Demond Scott called the 'Indian Creek serial killer'?
    Ahmed Jawadi, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Officials said many ballot envelopes have already been printed, and some smaller election offices lack the equipment or staff to meet the new requirements.
    CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The fact that they were printed as direct quotes from me is unacceptable and untenable.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The findings were published in the Journal of Applied Physics on September 8.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The same poll found belief that data centers raise electricity bills jumped from 43% in January to nearly 60% by July—six months before Apollo or Morgan Stanley published a word of this research.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Bengals president Mike Brown issued a statement backing both Taylor and Tobin days after the season.
    Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The Supreme Court order was issued just in time for the start of a 60-day period before the election, in which broadcasters are required by US law to offer ad discounts to individual candidates.
    Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026

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“Serialized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serialized. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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