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And in the tradition of great sitcom characters, so is Mindy Lahiri – doctor, monster, poster girl for the serially unhinged.
The reasons for the ID card scheme are serially given as a means to combat terrorism, benefit fraud, illegal immigration and identity theft.
Facebook is awash with pointed omissions and photos that serially exclude a single family member, or oblique status updates that hint at some vast unhappiness, with no context or elaboration, and which no one quite knows how to field.
A serially underachieving economy, repeatedly trumped by dynamic Brazil?
Egypt's judges have serially and petulantly interfered with the creation of better democratic institutions, disbanding an elected parliament on a technicality and threatening to scrap the constitution-drafting body.
His campaign was fuelled as much by anti-Westminster as by nationalist sentiment; this is another reason to suggest the SNP means to play the wrecker.Yet it also shows why the allure of nationalism, which British, especially Labour, politicians have serially underestimated, is an inadequate explanation for the party's rise.
With the exception of American International Group, a just-nationalised American insurer, the agencies have not serially downgraded big companies in the midst of the crisis.That the agencies are not putting guns to insurers' heads is confirmed by Michiel van Katwijk, Aegon's treasurer.
ON THE one hand, behold a grand patrician party that once, when Egypt was a monarchy, serially produced prime ministers but, like Cairo's Belle Époque buildings, has aged badly.
A man who sleeps little and socialises less, he is a vegetarian and self-made billionaire, a gifted financier who has serially fallen out with his business partners.
In the meantime, the serially evasive Mr. Weiner should take his marital troubles and personal compulsions out of the public eye, away from cameras, off the Web and out of the race for mayor of New York City.The Grey Lady is upset with the disgraced Democrat, and rightly so.
The euro crisis deepened because Europe's politicians serially failed to solve the single currency's structural weaknesses, resorting instead to a succession of temporary fixes, usually negotiated well after midnight.
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The word "serially" functions as an adverb of manner or frequency , modifying verbs to indicate that an action occurs in a series or in a specific order. According to Ludwig, it is frequently used to modify past participles (e.g., "serially published") or adjectives describing personality traits (e.g., "serially evasive").
Expression frequency: Very common
