serially

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Recent Examples of serially That body, established in 2017 in response to the crimes of Larry Nassar, the Michigan physician who serially abused young gymnasts, can investigate misconduct, including nonsexual misconduct, in any Olympic sport. — Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026 The project has been serially delayed, out of money, rebranded and trailed by angry former business partners. — Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 9 June 2026 Since roughly 2021, consumer sentiment has serially underperformed what the underlying data would predict. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026 And under Hegseth’s command, the armed forces have serially attacked unarmed boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, including instances where American attackers were reported to have returned to kill the survivors. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 18 Mar. 2026 Here’s what the serially successful executive coach and popular children’s author has to say about fear, both in the C-suite and on the home front. — Maria Williams, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025 The only other nations serially producing fifth-generation fighters are the US, with its F-35 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor, and China, with its Chengdu J-20 and Shenyang J-35. — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 19 Nov. 2025 Iraq became proof that the model would work across the region, with Hezbollah serially midwifing the proxies that Iran sired. — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025 Approximately 98 percent of cropland in the territory is damaged or inaccessible — decimating the agriculture sector and local food production — and nine of ten people have been serially displaced from their homes. — Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for serially
Adverb
  • Intel's foundry business continued to show improvement, with revenue increasing 16% sequentially.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Casting director Ben Grimes sits with creative director Stefano Gallici and his team, and sequentially, models come in, say an enthusiastic hello, hand over their image, do a short walk across the room and back, and exit.
    — Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • Yes, statistically, that’s his worst of the year — his last three games, in fact, have been successively worse, statistically.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Their concentrations then increase at successively higher trophic levels (levels of the food chain) as organisms consume contaminated prey.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • The assault sentences will be served concurrently, but consecutively with the sentence for the rape charge.
    — Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Clymer ordered that the two sentences be served consecutively.
    — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026
Adverb
  • Researchers must repeatedly use lasers to remove this motion and cool ions close to their lowest possible energy state.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Beginning in August, Vater repeatedly contacted school administrators, district operations officials and school board members, pressing for more extensive mold testing and details about the district’s findings.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 13 Nov. 2026

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“Serially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serially. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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