as in daily
occurring, done, produced, or appearing every day
a love as constant and certain as the diurnal tides
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as in periodical
a publication that appears at regular intervals
a collection of diurnals containing essays by preeminent 19th-century American writers and thinkers
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Recent Examples of diurnal
Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2025
Powerful diurnal shifts also add dimension.
—Devin Parr, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
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Adjective
The monsoon generally involves daily patterns of mostly dry mornings with storms developing later in the day, with most of the heavy rain occurring in the afternoon and evening hours -- also known as a diurnal cycle.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2025
Powerful diurnal shifts also add dimension.
—Devin Parr, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
The exhibition welcomes us into diurnal at the street-level, and leads us into the nocturnal in the downstairs galleries.
—Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diurnal
Adjective
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Under the new Fish and Wildlife interim pintail harvest strategy, hunters in all four flyways are expected to have a three-pintail daily bag limit option for next year's 2026–'27 season based on this year's breeding population results.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
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The central bank has also been setting its daily reference rate stronger — around which the onshore yuan is allowed to trade within a 2% range — near its strongest level seen in last November, allowing a gradual appreciation against the dollar.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This free periodical focuses on the brand’s philosophy of making everyday life better and more comfortable for everyone and is distributed in its stores.—
Roxanne Robinson,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Founded by Jonathan Blount, Cecil Hollingsworth, Edward Lewis and Clarence O. Smith, ESSENCE was among the first major periodicals dedicated to celebrating the interior lives, aspirations and complexities of modern Black women.—
Essence,
Essence,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This story is full of secrets — the heroine has multiple identities as a newspaper editor and club owner, a Latina and a witch, passing as a mundane white woman in an era when even that isn’t especially safe.—
Lia Amador,
PEOPLE,
20 Sep. 2025
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And that film was shown repeatedly on television, while still images blanketed newspapers.—
Time,
Time,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In 2018, a survey of first-time moms conducted as part of a study published in the journal Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare highlighted the prevalence of low confidence, high stress and symptoms of depression.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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The study was published in the journal Nature Communications.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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After death, popularity and uncertainty Posthumously, Kirk’s books and podcasts have soared in the charts.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
20 Sep. 2025
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This book is for all of us who love The Great British Baking Show and Blown Away, with actual magic instead of baking or crafting that only seems like wizardry.—
Lia Amador,
PEOPLE,
20 Sep. 2025
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The senior editor for the free speech absolutist Reason magazine said her firing was fully justified as being due to journalistic malpractice.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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The team analyzed data collected from 2003 to 2023 from more than 236,000 Americans as part of the American Time Use Survey; the data included how often participants read physical books, magazines, newspapers, or listened to audio and electronic books on an average day.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Diurnal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diurnal. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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