serial
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Novel strategy: MacKenzie Scott, the billionaire philanthropist and author, began releasing her first new novel since 2013 as a serial on Substack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The serial tech founder, who has lived outside Russia for years and holds French and United Arab Emirates passports, has frequently clashed with the Russian authorities as Moscow has tightened its grip on the internet.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Here the 57-year-old serial entrepreneur shares her story and the five secrets to success she learned along the way.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
“This guy is a serial winner. I can also tell you how hard it is to have a lot of alphas and make sure that only one will be the alpha.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
And they came to a shed where a corporal with only one arm and one eye wrote the name and serial number of each prisoner in a big, red ledger.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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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
Much like the old serials that the new Indiana Jones movie is mimicking.
From Slate ● Jul. 5, 2023
“Raiders” was created by Spielberg’s pal, George Lucas, who saw it as a homage to the serials that he’d loved as a kid.
From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2023
The radio serials were like an extension of the comics, and Mama liked to listen to them with me.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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