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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 The Emergency Operations Center is a large, bright room, with serried rows of wooden desks facing a wall of video screens. Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2020 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
  • At the very least, eyes across a crowded room and all that.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 21 June 2025
  • Although the Indianapolis Colts wide receiver room is fairly crowded with Josh Downs and Michael Pittman in town, Mitchell had a strong rookie season.
    Steve Bradshaw, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
Adjective
  • Near the end of the intermission, an audience member loudly cursed Trump’s name, an outburst that drew applause from the packed house.
    Dave Goldiner, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025
  • The only packed houses come in Miami, where three of the city’s four games are sold out or have only $1,000 club seats available; seeing Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami, Real Madrid or Bayern Munchen will cost you.
    Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 12 June 2025
Adjective
  • From dense, intensely aromatic reds to delicate whites, from sparkling to still, from sweet to fortified, there is a wine here that will suit any palate.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
  • In addition, most microlensing efforts are recorded at the Galactic Center -- the densest part of the Milky Way, Edita Stonkutė, an associate professor of astronomy at Vilnius University, said in a statement.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • Simply lather a thick coating of petroleum jelly onto the scratch.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 21 June 2025
  • As thick clouds billowed out of Eyjafjallajökull, the skies over the North Atlantic — one of the world’s busiest aviation routes — fell silent, with air traffic dropping to levels that wouldn’t be seen again until the Covid pandemic a decade later.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 21 June 2025
Adjective
  • Money was tighter than a banjo string around the Carter house at that time.
    Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2025
  • Aside from a brief period in the first half of the first quarter, the game stayed tight throughout the opening stages.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 13 June 2025

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“Serried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serried. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.

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