as in serialized
appearing in parts or numbers that follow regularly
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" first appeared as a serial novel from 1851 to 1852
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as in periodical
a publication that appears at regular intervals
the university library has a vast collection of serials
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Recent Examples of serial
Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 12 July 2025
Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who can’t stop watching their favorite fictional serial killer.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 14 June 2025
At its height, the serial reached ten million listeners, airing multiple times per day.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
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Adjective
The show seems to be starting mid–book series with 2022’s Desert Star, about a serial killer targeting women; that means Titus Welliver is back as her sort-of mentor Harry Bosch.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 12 July 2025
Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who can’t stop watching their favorite fictional serial killer.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
Noun
In 1922, John Stevenson was killed while doubling for Pearl White, the star of The Perils of Pauline serials.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 14 June 2025
At its height, the serial reached ten million listeners, airing multiple times per day.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for serial
Noun
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How accurate is the Farmers' Almanac? Farmers' Almanac is an annual American periodical that has been in continuous publication since 1818, providing long-range weather predictions for the U.S. and Canada.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Please Don’t Eat the Daisies by Jean Kerr (1957) $16 $19 now 16% off This used to be a proper country, where numerous humor writers regularly published in mainstream periodicals their gentle, relatable, and cutting musings about the foibles of modern life.—
Brian Boone,
Vulture,
18 June 2025
Noun
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While leading the Herald, the newspaper won five Pulitzer Prizes.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 July 2025
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The book centers around four heady weeks at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which begins the unraveling of two newspaper critics who have traveled up from London to cover the sprawling performance art event.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 July 2025
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The study, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, found that Florida adolescent general handgun carrying increased by 65%, from 3.7% to 6.0%, from 2002 to 2022.—
Lucia I Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
7 July 2025
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Advertisement Indian cities are warming at nearly twice the rate of the rest of the country, according to a study published in Nature journal in May 2024, with an average increase of 0.53°C per decade.—
Time,
Time,
7 July 2025
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And yet, Ullmann calls this introspective book a novel, imposing some distance between herself and the story she’s told.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
The Atlantic,
15 July 2025
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In this way, The Bewitching could be viewed as a dark academia book too.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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According to Parade magazine's Sharon Tharp, live feeds start at 12:30 a.m.—
David Wysong,
The Enquirer,
9 July 2025
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This story appeared in the July 9 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
9 July 2025
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“Serial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serial. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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