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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 The study was published in the journal Diabetes & Metabolism. New Atlas, 29 July 2025 And, for the first time in its more than 60-year history, the journal—the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)—was not published on schedule amid a blanket federal communication freeze in January. Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 28 July 2025 In 2016, a study from the scientific journal The Gerontologist found children who had a greater emotional closeness to their grandparents were less likely to be depressed as adults. Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025 Talented artists and jewelry designers create everything from jewelry to journals, of which Jamie Lee underwrites all the cost of production and 100 percent of sales benefit children in need of medical care. Skyler Caruso, People.com, 28 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for journal
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Noun
  • Daniel also has and continues to be involved in podcasting at the newspaper.
    Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Pitched as a family-friendly technology, newspapers described how users could browse recipes while watching cooking shows or to learn about regional salmon while watching a fishing program.
    Time, Time, 31 July 2025
Noun
  • The outlet also revealed that Harry sharing his diary would potentially spark conversations about when father and son can meet in person again.
    Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2025
  • Northumberland was a 70-gun warship built in Bristol, England in 1679 as part of the transformation of the English navy under Samuel Pepys – now best-known for his diaries – from a corrupt institution to a fighting force to be reckoned with.
    Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 30 July 2025
Noun
  • How accurate is the Farmers' Almanac? Farmers' Almanac is an annual American periodical that has been in continuous publication since 1818, providing long-range weather predictions for the U.S. and Canada.
    Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • Please Don’t Eat the Daisies by Jean Kerr (1957) $16 $19 now 16% off This used to be a proper country, where numerous humor writers regularly published in mainstream periodicals their gentle, relatable, and cutting musings about the foibles of modern life.
    Brian Boone, Vulture, 18 June 2025
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  • But as Jennifer Levasseur wrote for Smithsonian magazine in 2019, the franchise’s branding and merchandising campaigns—through the sale of toys, figurines and eventually video games—helped secure the franchise’s financial success and inspired its global fandom.
    Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 July 2025
  • Hurwitz is the executive editor of the online classical-music magazine ClassicsToday.
    David Denby, New Yorker, 20 July 2025
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  • Local students can be seen tucking into a book or studying at no-fuss black, metal tables.
    Molly Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 29 July 2025
  • The 2013 book follows Andy shortly after she's turned 30, and has transitioned her career into becoming a successful magazine editor alongside Emily, now one of her best friends.
    EW.com, EW.com, 28 July 2025

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“Journal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/journal. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.

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