as in books
a publication that appears at regular intervals
the university library has a vast collection of serials
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Recent Examples of serials
Several companies have begun to supply bite-sized dramas and serials for venues like TikTok or Meta’s Reels.
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Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
2 June 2026
This book got its start as part of the SCP Wiki, a collaborative writing space about fictional paranormal items and entities studied scientifically, and a lot of your previous works have been released as web serials.
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Sarah Lewin Frasier,
Scientific American,
27 May 2026
Despite his badass Mandalorian bounty hunter credentials, Djarin proves refreshingly vulnerable, with various bad guys getting the better of him so often the film begins to resemble one of those old-time movie serials whose installments always ended with a cliffhanger.
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Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
19 May 2026
Movies, especially science fiction serials, often told the same story.
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Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Apr. 2026
While Star Wars has historically borrowed its tone from B-movies and swashbuckling serials, Rogue One brought a new, more serious approach to its subject matter.
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Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Nov. 2025
The franchise subsequently expanded with serials for radio and film — including Universal’s 1939 serial starring Buster Crabbe — as well as NBC’s Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, multiple comic and novel adaptations and a lucrative merchandising run.
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Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
Struzan partnered with artist Charles White III for 20th Century Fox to create the old-fashioned one-sheet that perfectly captures the spirit of classic Saturday matinee serials.
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Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
16 Oct. 2025
Weekly serials are compiled in paperback collections, called tankobon, that are sold in bookstores.
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Matt Alt,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
2 June 2026
This book got its start as part of the SCP Wiki, a collaborative writing space about fictional paranormal items and entities studied scientifically, and a lot of your previous works have been released as web serials.
—
Sarah Lewin Frasier,
Scientific American,
27 May 2026
Despite his badass Mandalorian bounty hunter credentials, Djarin proves refreshingly vulnerable, with various bad guys getting the better of him so often the film begins to resemble one of those old-time movie serials whose installments always ended with a cliffhanger.
—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
19 May 2026
Movies, especially science fiction serials, often told the same story.
—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Apr. 2026
While Star Wars has historically borrowed its tone from B-movies and swashbuckling serials, Rogue One brought a new, more serious approach to its subject matter.
—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Nov. 2025
The franchise subsequently expanded with serials for radio and film — including Universal’s 1939 serial starring Buster Crabbe — as well as NBC’s Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, multiple comic and novel adaptations and a lucrative merchandising run.
—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
Struzan partnered with artist Charles White III for 20th Century Fox to create the old-fashioned one-sheet that perfectly captures the spirit of classic Saturday matinee serials.
—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
16 Oct. 2025
Weekly serials are compiled in paperback collections, called tankobon, that are sold in bookstores.
—
Matt Alt,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for serials
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The Legislature’s independent fiscal analysts have also raised concerns that the state’s books remain vulnerable to the specter of a deep drop-off in the stock market.
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Barrett and Jackson each reported the most extensive travel of court justices promoting their books in 2025.
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The center’s resources—all free—include more than a million books and periodicals, with 400 terminals and 75 staff members available to help dig through them.
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Galaxy, Analog, and Amazing Stories, those three periodicals – and our bathroom was piled high.
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Prosecutors, meanwhile, have alleged that Mangione meticulously planned the killing for months, documenting his thoughts in journals and traveling across the country before shooting Thompson in the back outside a business event in New York City, where neither of them lived.
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Under a subscription model, institutions and libraries that subscribe to journals cover the cost.
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Bay Area News Group competed in Division 1, the contest’s category for California’s largest newspapers.
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Mentions of her appeared in major newspapers during her career.
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The state tightened its restrictions after the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, when a gunman armed with an AR-15-style rifle and large-capacity magazines killed 26 children and teachers.
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Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude.
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“Serials.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serials. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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