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serial

[seer-ee-uhl] / ˈsɪər i əl /


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A serial winner, Conte's managerial credentials are not in doubt.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

Trading cards and other collectibles are verified and assigned condition grades by PSA, which establishes their value and protects them by assigning serial numbers and certification information.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

“We don’t know what happened between Amy and her mother,” Luck said, before going on to call Acton “a serial fabulist who has some serious problems with the truth.”

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026

“They traced it back to him from the serial number.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Knight and Lawrence spent months trying to counter these serial objections.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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

“Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad” premiered during its run; twist-heavy serials like “Scandal” and “Game of Thrones” delivered the kind of OMG moments that got them trending regularly.

From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2023

While Mom and Dad visited the stores, Jim and I were deposited at the Pocahontas Theater to watch cowboy movies and adventure serials with hundreds of other miners’ kids.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam


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