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
  • Scaling without sacrificing speed Traditional large language models generate text sequentially, predicting one token at a time.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
  • This uses distinct propellant grains that are arranged sequentially inside the motor casing and separated into two or more independent chambers.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • 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
  • Samsung has successively shaved a few millimeters off every year, taking a leap last year with the Z Fold 7.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • Chamberlain did it four times — consecutively from 1959 through 1962 — and Jordan did it in 1986, 1989 and 1995.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The court ordered the sentences to be served consecutively, for a total term of 24 years.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • But Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has repeatedly dismissed previous caution of AI tools and encouraged rapid autonomous innovation at the Pentagon.
    — Chiara Eisner, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Trump has repeatedly denied ordering the disruption of Starlink, despite Musk's public assertions that the order would have come from the White House.
    — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

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“Serially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serially. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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