serial
noun
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
serials
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pluralof serial.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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South Africa's defence department said the navies were gathering "for an intensive programme of joint maritime safety operations, interoperability drills and maritime protection serials".
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026
So like the serials of the silent era, we’re left, for the moment at least, with a cliffhanger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
“It seizes upon Lucas’ original dream of finding a pop vessel for his obsessions — Akira Kurosawa epics, John Ford westerns, science-fiction serials — and fulfills it with a verve and imagination all its own.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2024
The movie draws on a range of classics, from silent adventure serials to screwball mysteries like “The Thin Man” to the swashbuckling epics of Douglas Fairbanks and Errol Flynn.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2023
I try to imagine him with feathers in his dark hair and wearing beaded buckskin like in the newspaper serials.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
