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
  • Binface, a serial candidate who has challenged prime ministers past and present, became the default challenger in a field of 34 candidates after the major parties boycotted the campaign as a political stunt by Farage.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Liz Meriwether sorta, kinda uses the 1987 thriller Black Widow — in which a government agent (Debra Winger) hunts a female serial killer (Theresa Russell) — as a starting point for a series that doesn’t even bear that title anymore.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • All of these texts have been printed and laid-out in shots that showcase the variety of fonts and paper stocks used.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The House Administration Committee opened its investigation in 2023, focusing in part on ActBlue’s previous practice of not requiring donors to provide the security code, known as a CVV, printed on their credit cards.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Yesterday, OpenAI president Greg Brockman published an essay called The Defender’s Window, using the Hugging Face incident as his opening example.
    Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Right Now, published by Random House, and is a contributor to The Washington Post, Food & Wine, Saveur and Delish.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Residents fled in panic as tsunami warnings were issued and later lifted.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Days after that decree was issued, a senior IRGC official – political deputy Brig.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

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“Serialized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serialized. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

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