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 After poring over the journals of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, a million words in all, Fehrman decided there was. Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 24 June 2026 This work was described in a paper published June 24 in the journal Science Advances. Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 24 June 2026 One 2022 article published in the Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy journal predicted oropharyngeal cancer would be among the most common cancers in men by 2045. Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 23 June 2026 According to this model, which was published in January in the journal Physical Review D, dark matter could have transferred a small fraction of its energy to dark energy during a previous era of cosmic history. Quanta Magazine, 22 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for journal
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Noun
  • In print journalism, a newsletter was like a little brother to newspapers.
    Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • In response, letters to the editor of Newsday, the Nassau County newspaper, poured in.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • Sophie secretly reads her mother’s diary and invites three of her mother’s suitors from the 1970s to her wedding, signing her mother’s name.
    R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Or that Penélope Cruz’s sultry chilliness would jibe with either her male counterparts or Wilde’s diary-of-a-mad-housewife interpretation of a brittle, eager-to-impress woman brimming with creative frustration.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 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
  • To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.
    McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 21 June 2026
  • The essay was published in a magazine called Thirteen Ways.
    Ben Lerner, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
Noun
  • Author Robert Wright joins The Excerpt to talk about his new book.
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • But a copy of the Orlando Sentinel’s 150th anniversary book with 150 front pages from our 150 years.
    Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 June 2026

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“Journal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/journal. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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