Adjective The pictures are numbered and arranged in serial order. Scientists made serial observations over a period of two weeks. Noun the university library has a vast collection of serials
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Some economists worry that Chinese lenders are repeating mistakes made by Western lenders in the 1980s, when serial debt restructurings were common, saddling countries with unmanageable debt loads and delaying reckonings. Jason Douglas, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 Baur, who reports to Marcus Ammon, has a remit which includes the development and production of serial formats. Patrick Frater, Variety, 8 Sep. 2022 During Eric Rudolph's five years on the lam, despite a nationwide manhunt and a million-dollar bounty, a transient appears to have come closer to catching the serial bomber than did any federal agent. Blake Morrison, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2022 At the very least, Zatko offers the kind of credibility and trustworthiness that Musk, a serial exaggerator trashposter, sorely lacks. Allison Morrow, CNN, 30 Aug. 2022 The new series follows a therapist named Alan Strauss (Steve Carrell) as he is held hostage by his serial killer client, Sam Fortner (Domnhall Gleeson).oregonlive, 29 Aug. 2022 The odd part is that many people tuning in for the serial killer stuff will be disappointed, and the armchair psychiatry stuff doesn’t always work. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Aug. 2022 Chris Bell of Perch discusses how to sell your Amazon FBA business while Amazon Music Education App award winner Pokin Yeung suggests what’s essential for serial entrepreneurs. Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 Typical firearms must include a serial number that lets law enforcement trace them if they're used in a crime, but ghost guns don't have serial numbers. Chris Hacker, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2022
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The committee ends with a teaser of former White House counsel Pat Cipollone’s testimony that’s so much like a TV serial, everyone bursts out laughing. Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 13 July 2022 The internal cable interface has changed over the years from serial to IDE (now frequently called Parallel ATA, or PATA) to SCSI to Serial ATA (SATA).PCMAG, 26 Aug. 2022 Finally, the Perry Mason character and storylines were also adapted for radio as a 15-minute daily crime serial on CBS Radio that aired from 1943–1955. Liz Cantrell, Town & Country, 22 Aug. 2022 Cape Cod serial killer Tony Costa, at An Unlikely Story in Plainville.BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2022 Fantomas was first adapted for the big screen by into a silent crime film serial directed by Louis Feuillade for Gaumont in 1913. Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 10 Aug. 2022 The Analogue Debug Key, meant to load software from an outside computer via serial-to-USB-C. Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 29 July 2022 From 1989-90, Blacque played Henry Marshall opposite Vivica A. Fox and others as an original castmember on the NBC daytime soap opera Generations, the first serial to include — from the start — a Black family as part of the main storyline. Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 July 2022 Washingtonian, June 1, 1974, Death and the All-American Boy Hathi Trust Digital Library, accessed July 5, United States congressional serial set. Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 19 July 2022 See More