as in magazines
a publication that appears at regular intervals
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Recent Examples of mags
There was a time when plastic surgery was something that was only talked about behind closed doors — or speculated about in the pages of gossip mags.
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Louis Peitzman,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 June 2026
The show follows the usual rhythms of a romance novel and the erotic stories that used to populate gay skin mags.
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Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
3 Dec. 2025
Louis Peitzman,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 June 2026
The show follows the usual rhythms of a romance novel and the erotic stories that used to populate gay skin mags.
—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
3 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mags
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The state tightened its restrictions after the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, when a gunman armed with an AR-15-style rifle and large-capacity magazines killed 26 children and teachers.
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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.
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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.
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Galaxy, Analog, and Amazing Stories, those three periodicals – and our bathroom was piled high.
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The Legislature’s independent fiscal analysts have also raised concerns that the state’s books remain vulnerable to the specter of a deep drop-off in the stock market.
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Barrett and Jackson each reported the most extensive travel of court justices promoting their books in 2025.
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It was widely observed and discussed in journals of the era and later became part of Revolutionary War Lore.
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This was so common that most American brewing journals were printed in both English and German until the start of World War I in 1914.
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Bay Area News Group competed in Division 1, the contest’s category for California’s largest newspapers.
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Mentions of her appeared in major newspapers during her career.
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“Mags.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mags. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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