as in newspaper
a publication that appears at regular intervals
flip through this month's fashion mags to find out what's in style
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Recent Examples of mag
The university also suspended Alice, a fashion and wellness student-run mag that primarily features women.
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Tevon Blair, Essence, 10 Dec. 2025
After refusing, the employees dragged the mag out of the aircraft.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Not a shabby blast for a fashion mag right out of the starting gate, but then again, 72 isn’t just any mag.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The rash of lad mags, crowded with bikini babes and bad advice for dudes, actively influenced the lads to be more sexist; studies showed that exposure to fashion magazines in the 1990s seemed to make girls hate themselves.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2025
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Tevon Blair, Essence, 10 Dec. 2025
After refusing, the employees dragged the mag out of the aircraft.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Not a shabby blast for a fashion mag right out of the starting gate, but then again, 72 isn’t just any mag.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The rash of lad mags, crowded with bikini babes and bad advice for dudes, actively influenced the lads to be more sexist; studies showed that exposure to fashion magazines in the 1990s seemed to make girls hate themselves.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mag
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The university's newspaper The Daily Nexus reported that campus crime rates have been on the rise since 2022 — with more reports of rape, dating violence and stalking.—
Bethany Brown,
PEOPLE,
14 May 2026
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In February, a local newspaper, the Big Bend Sentinel, reported that construction was imminent.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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The other reason is a glossy magazine spread.—
Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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Similar summaries of the show in the magazine Soap Opera Digest provoked outrage within the fledgling magazine’s readership.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Science communication still relies on media channels such as newspapers, periodicals, radio, and television.—
Prodromos Yannas,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 May 2026
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The gala’s funds support acquisitions of garments and accessories, but also the institute’s reference library, which holds over 800 periodicals and 1,500 designer files pertaining to the history of fashion and clothing, dating back to the sixteenth century.—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
1 May 2026
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Now, in the journal Nature Neuroscience, a team describes a solution that decodes a person's brain waves to choose which voice their hearing system will amplify.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
14 May 2026
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In a study published Wednesday in the scientific journal Nature, Chinese geneticist Fu Qiaomei and her colleagues successfully extracted and analyzed ancient enamel proteins from the teeth unearthed at three sites in China.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
14 May 2026
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There has been books written about it.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
19 May 2026
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Ultimately, for as much this is a book about archeology, the emotional anchor is really Lena’s unresolved issues with her mother.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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“Mag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mag. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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