serials

noun

plural of serial
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 The serials are churned out in bulk, usually screen every day or several nights a week, and often stretch to hundreds of episodes. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026 Into the 20th, the episodic boomed again when serials from Isaac Bashevis Singer, James Joyce, and Armistead Maupin curried fans. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026 Eventually, Saint found steady work on radio serials and early television dramas. — Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 But there was a time when comic-book heroes appeared on movie screens only sparingly — particularly between the waning days of old serials and the premiere of Superman in 1978. — Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Aug. 2026 In the early 1960s, he was cast in the single-season CBS daytime soap Our Five Daughters — which debuted a year after the sitcom My Three Sons — beginning a string of roles in serials for Cypher. — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2026 The Quatermass Experiment was a set of four different sci-fi serials, each containing 6 episodes, that debuted in 1953, a full decade before Who hit our screens. — William Worrall, Space.com, 15 July 2026 There have been dozens and dozens of ceremonies on soaps over the past 80 years, including nuptials for infamous characters of daytime serials and fan-favorite supercouples. — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 27 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for serials
  1. books
  2. periodicals
  3. journals
  4. newspapers
  5. magazines
Noun
  • There is some evidence that anti-vaccine groups have been targeting the Amish in recent years, says Steve Nolt, a professor at Elizabethtown College who has written numerous books about Amish history and culture.
    — Maria Godoy, NPR, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Age appropriate activity books and their own crayons can go a long way.
    — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of books
Noun
  • As mass media and periodicals became central sources of information, the daily welcomed illustrations that engaged with the issues of the day.
    — Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Gates, who now stewards the photographic archives and periodicals of the Johnson Publishing Company, has exhibited it in different forms.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of periodicals
Noun
  • The controversy highlights a growing concern in academia about whether some researchers could rely too heavily on AI to churn out a wave of papers that overwhelms journals charged with vetting the work.
    — TODD WALLACK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The studies were published in Advanced Materials and Science journals.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of journals
Noun
  • The column was syndicated to newspapers through United Press International.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Here the three were, as what some would call a band of outsiders, telling a story about these insurgents to the distinguished Fleet Street, where the most esteemed newspapers like The Daily Mirror were published.
    — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of newspapers
Noun
  • Its portfolio spans manga, books and magazines, and includes Made in Abyss, the internationally successful manga series translated into 22 languages and adapted into a popular anime franchise.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Slate emerged the following year, and soon after, online magazines became the order of the day.
    — Ted Anthony, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of magazines

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

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