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a set of things or events arranged in order or considered together
The museum is having a series of events for children this summer.
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Recent Examples of series
The Hawks trail the Knicks 3-2 in their first-round series of the Eastern Conference playoffs.
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Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 30 Apr. 2026
The Mets will attempt to secure their fourth series victory of the season on Thursday afternoon.
—James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026
The Lakers have averaged 20 turnovers a game in this series, including 24 in Game 4 in Houston, where the Lakers missed out on a chance to sweep the series.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Those teams have gone on to become Charter entries in the series.
—Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2026
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Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 30 Apr. 2026
The Mets will attempt to secure their fourth series victory of the season on Thursday afternoon.
—James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026
The Lakers have averaged 20 turnovers a game in this series, including 24 in Game 4 in Houston, where the Lakers missed out on a chance to sweep the series.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Those teams have gone on to become Charter entries in the series.
—Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for series
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Over the past several years, firms have faced a rapid succession of shocks, from inflation and rising interest rates to recurring fears of recession and geopolitical instability.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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As for the quality of internal candidates, McCabe said the department has worked hard on succession planning to make sure those in lower positions were trained to take the step up.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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One final metric that explains the nature of Bromley’s style is their passing sequences.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Kormákur takes full advantage of the country’s dramatic landscapes and dense bushlands, the latter making ideal terrain for Sasha’s initial flight, a pulse-racing sequence that has her sprinting through the trees like a blur.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Apr. 2026
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Robinson told the Pioneer Press that a similar crime pattern has been happening concurrently in the neighboring communities of Winnetka and Skokie, which reported a string of overnight car burglaries just last month.—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Still, the past decade has seen a string of new-agey boutique hotels populating the seaside town’s western shores, signaling a new awakening for this slice of France’s western coastline.—
Monica Mendal,
Vogue,
24 Apr. 2026
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The committee does not explain the reasoning behinds its rulings – the season’s fourth and final batch of rulings were made today – but despite her prominence in the revival’s marketing campaign her role as the wife of Nathan Lane’s Willy Loman apparently was deemed a supporting character.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
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Make a batch of beans during a weekly meal prep to enjoy them all week.—
Amber J. Tresca,
Verywell Health,
29 Apr. 2026
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Since 2007, Congress has relied on a variety of general fund offsets to cover an increasingly larger share of the HTF.—
Andrew Stasiowski,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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Gray served in a variety of consequential positions over the years and wielded influence deftly to the benefit of the community, said Dick Batchelor, who represented Central Florida in the Legislature from 1974 to 1982 and regarded Gray as a sage confidant.—
Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
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An aspiring author had sent Hoover their manuscript, also copying a fraudulent email impersonating Hoover on the email chain.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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That means following the full chain of activity — from those who target homeowners to anyone inside the system who may be enabling or overlooking fraudulent transfers.—
Darlene Mealy,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Series.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/series. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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