Definition of journalnext
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as in diary
a record of personal experiences, reflections, or ideas kept regularly for private use the writer faithfully records his dreams in a journal, believing that they are a vital key to self-understanding

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Recent Examples of journal Technology is on the cusp of allowing humans to disrupt or steer natural disasters, like hurricanes, according to a new study, which appeared in the journal PLOS Water on June 24. Doyle Rice, USA Today, 27 June 2026 Núñez was coauthor of a study published in 2023 in the journal Buildings that examined a type of concrete building higher than 20 stories and built to minimum Venezuelan code requirements. Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026 Bell’s scheme, presented in a journal devoted to eugenics and geared toward optimizing dietary protein, would later resurface at another moment of food anxiety, when Walter Voegtlin was inventing the Paleo diet in the 1970s. David Merritt Johns, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026 The research was published in the journal Cell. New Atlas, 27 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for journal
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Noun
  • Soldiers were deployed outside the Kampala offices of the Daily Monitor newspaper early Sunday.
    Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • The Southern California Journalism Awards span print newspapers and magazines, TV, radio and digital news outlets as well as radio, podcasting and social media.
    William Earl, Variety, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • Louis had lit Bruce on fire with Claudia’s (Delainey Hayles) diary entry as a punishment for raping her.
    Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • The film also draws on video diaries shot in Rushdie’s hospital room in the days after the attack by his wife, Rachel Eliza Griffiths.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • The center’s resources—all free—include more than a million books and periodicals, with 400 terminals and 75 staff members available to help dig through them.
    Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
  • Galaxy, Analog, and Amazing Stories, those three periodicals – and our bathroom was piled high.
    Ben Mankiewicz, CBS News, 7 June 2026
Noun
  • Mark Singer, who contributed to this magazine as a staff writer for fifty-two years, died of cancer, at Memorial Sloan Kettering in Manhattan, not far from his apartment, on June 19th.
    Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude.
    Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • The future king of Britain descends from American patriots who fought against the crown he is destined to inherit, according to a new book tracing Prince William's family tree.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
  • The midnight fireworks display on the National Mall on July 4 was one for the history books.
    Susan Page, USA Today, 5 July 2026

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“Journal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/journal. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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