as in serial
appearing in parts or numbers that follow regularly
a serialized made-for-TV movie
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Recent Examples of serialized
Mike Snider, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
In China, stores turned sales receipts into serialized fiction, printing 20 chapters of a compelling narrative featuring its mascot, Snow King, and sparking a nationwide craze.
—Theodora Yu, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2025
At first, Condé Nast wasn’t commenting on the salacious allegations her former fiancé, reporter Ryan Lizza, was making via his serialized Substack.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 1 Dec. 2025
But of all shows, does The Chair Company actually lend itself to an ongoing serialized narrative?
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
These platforms leverage vast IP pipelines from online literature platforms COL, China Literature and Tomato Novel, converting their blockbuster web novels into serialized vertical dramas.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
Spinning off movie properties to TV has had mixed results and doing horror in particular is considered a pretty tricky genre for serialized shows.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Launching a medical procedural with serialized elements, including a romance, has been a big priority there.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
My top tip is to create a consistent, serialized content format.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Each set comes with a serialized Certificate of Authenticity and the final lot, set number 232, also comes with the three original dies used to strike the coins.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
In China, stores turned sales receipts into serialized fiction, printing 20 chapters of a compelling narrative featuring its mascot, Snow King, and sparking a nationwide craze.
—Theodora Yu, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2025
At first, Condé Nast wasn’t commenting on the salacious allegations her former fiancé, reporter Ryan Lizza, was making via his serialized Substack.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 1 Dec. 2025
But of all shows, does The Chair Company actually lend itself to an ongoing serialized narrative?
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
These platforms leverage vast IP pipelines from online literature platforms COL, China Literature and Tomato Novel, converting their blockbuster web novels into serialized vertical dramas.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
Spinning off movie properties to TV has had mixed results and doing horror in particular is considered a pretty tricky genre for serialized shows.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Launching a medical procedural with serialized elements, including a romance, has been a big priority there.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
My top tip is to create a consistent, serialized content format.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for serialized
Adjective
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Remember Billy Bulger, the Corrupt Midget, brother of Democrat serial killer Whitey Bulger?—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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But to stop a serial killer, Clarice must confront her own inner darkness.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Younger also shared a few black-and-white photos, including one of her and her husband holding their baby girl in the hospital and another of Arya wearing a onesie with her name printed on the front.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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As Texas governor a decade ago, Rick Perry printed his felony mug shot on a T-shirt for supporters.—
Brandon Rottinghaus,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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For a long time your political cartoons published in the editorial pages have irritated me.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Jan. 2026
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The trans athlete personally denied the allegations to The New York Times in a story that was published Monday.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The minors were child actors who met Busfield on the set of the FOX series The Cleaning Lady, where Busfield served as a director, according to the arrest warrant, issued by Officer Marvin Kirk Brown.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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The temporary restraining order issued Monday states that — for the time being — Davis cannot remove Wilcox from the primary ballot, alter her status as a candidate or notify the Texas Secretary of State’s office that Wilcox is ineligible or should be excluded from the ballot.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Serialized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serialized. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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