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Recent Examples of serried In lieu of the usual venue of the Dolby Theatre, where nominees and their guests sit elbow to elbow in serried ranks, this year’s edition was held in Los Angeles’s cavernous Union Station. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2021 No one had lined us up in serried, uniform ranks, no one had demanded an oath or a membership—or anything more than the spirit of DIY. Jonathan Myerson, The New York Review of Books, 4 May 2020 In the vegetable garden, Burch gleefully points out the serried ranks of okra, eggplant, beans, peppers, kale, cucumber, and cantaloupe. Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 15 Aug. 2018 There is certainly something extreme about the serried carcasses, blackened by blow torches to burn off the fur, the faces charred in a rictus grin. The Economist, 19 Apr. 2018 Inspectors unwrapped them and found serried rows of bottles. Michael Powell, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for serried
Adjective
  • Both lie within crowded galaxy clusters, where their jets likely interact with million-degree hot plasma, sculpting these unusual shapes.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
  • OpenAI released its most powerful GPT-5 model in August, aimed at shoring up its lead in an increasingly crowded sphere.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The discussion was enlivened by questions from a packed house of students and cinephiles.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
  • In the packed schedule of Milan, amid fashion shows and presentations, there’s also room for exhibitions and launches of new brands.
    Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Other valuable fruiting plants include elderberry, spicebush (), and native roses, which produce nutrient-dense hips in fall.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Since September 2024, a new federal law requires mammogram reports to state whether breast tissue is dense, and to mention the possibility of additional imaging.
    Dr. Megha Gupta, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Some models suggest that K2-18b is a hycean world — an ocean planet with a thick atmosphere of hydrogen — and the signature of dimethyl sulfide was detected by the James Webb Space Telescope.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Its fabric is thick but not too heavy, according to reviewers, which is great for someone like me whose body temperature fluctuates constantly.
    Melody Kazel, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • So Rizza skipped the presentation format of the past in favor of a tight selection of one-on-one appointments, mostly with retailers.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
  • And results have largely been mixed since Carson Wentz has taken over as the starter, winning a 48-10 blowout over the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 3 and then losing a tight game in Ireland against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
    Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Serried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serried. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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