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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a publication that appears at regular intervals
the university library has a vast collection of serials
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Recent Examples of serial
Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Death Takes Me puts a subversive twist on the traditional serial killer story.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024
Michael Tomasky, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2014
On The Banana Splits Adventure Hour, a Saturday morning kids program that ran on NBC from 1968-70 and then in syndication, Kahana appeared in the show’s live-action serial Danger Island as Chongo, a native who spoke no English but communicated using animal and bird sounds.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2024
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Advertisement Hunt was the half-brother of Gerald Gallego, a Sacramento-area serial killer who raped and killed at least 11 women.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Death Takes Me puts a subversive twist on the traditional serial killer story.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024
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Battles between the conservative establishment and the Tea Party, over matters ranging from foreign policy to immigration, have played out on cable news channels like movie-house serials.
—Michael Tomasky, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2014
On The Banana Splits Adventure Hour, a Saturday morning kids program that ran on NBC from 1968-70 and then in syndication, Kahana appeared in the show’s live-action serial Danger Island as Chongo, a native who spoke no English but communicated using animal and bird sounds.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2024
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Less than a decade after Mao’s death, periodicals filled with dueling essays on contentious questions such as the relevance of Karl Marx’s theory of alienation and whether traditional Confucianism impeded China’s modernization.Julian Gewirtz, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2022
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Daily newspapers ran no images, and the technology to reproduce photographs in books or periodicals was still 40 years away.Andrea Kaston Tange, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
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Here are the top stories: A newspaper from 1924 called dolls, ribbon boxes and school bags among some of the best holiday gifts for children.Stephanie Stremplewski, The Courier-Journal, 21 Dec. 2024
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Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of solutions for their local newspaper.USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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The research team’s findings were published in the journal Device this week.Alex Knapp, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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One literature review published in the BMJ, a medical journal, found that a four-week delay in cancer surgery was associated with a 6-8 percent increase in mortality risk. More than 420,000 Britons were on wait lists for heart care as of October 2024.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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As the author Taylor Lorenz noted in her book Extremely Online, many of the billion-dollar start-ups that have come to dominate our lives boast equally unlikely genealogies.Rory Smith, The Athletic, 18 Dec. 2024
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The psychological thriller, adapted from a book of the same name, follows a crime that shatters a decades-long friendship of three women.Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2024
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In the case of the skin routine, the writer might as well have gotten one from a women’s magazine — there’s nothing especially bespoke about it.Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 23 Dec. 2024
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Cotton Incorporated was an advertiser in the first-ever issue of Rivet Magazine launched in Spring 2016, and the organization has continued to support the magazine.SJ Studio, Sourcing Journal, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Serial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serial. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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