datebook
noun
date·book
ˈdāt-ˌbu̇k 
plural datebooks
: a small book or calendar in which one writes planned or scheduled dates, appointments, etc.
Open my datebook to any day of the week and it's the same story: My daughter is running in a cross-country meet and my younger son is playing baseball.—
Joyce Maynard
Joyce Maynard
also
: a place on a computer or other device for entering similar information
… pull out your calendars or your digital datebook and mark Aug. 20 on your calendar because the MuckFest 5k is coming to town. —Rachel Wittrock
Rachel Wittrock Examples of datebook in a Sentence
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The author and journalist, who died at 87 in 2021, also kept those notes, and her datebooks, and more generally the paper trail of her literary legacy.
—Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2025
Or, for a schedule-obsessive, how about a beautiful 2025 datebook, like this one from Folio Editions ($23.50), or a horizontal Laurel Denise project planner ($50).
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2024
The interrogations mostly come up empty, but when Danny finds Kira’s datebook, the detectives finally get a lead.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2024
That is historically the bane of coach Kyle Shanahan’s datebook (13-19 record, trumped only by an 0-2 mark in February).
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 16 May 2024
The iHeartRadio Music Festival, after 12 years as a staple event in Las Vegas’ datebook, took over the T-Mobile Arena Friday and Saturday with the top stars of music and podcasting, radio and streaming, canvassing both the audience, onstage and backstage.
—Melinda Sheckells, Variety, 26 Sep. 2022
Travel snapshots from Betye Saar’s datebook for her trip to Haiti, July 17-23, 1978.
—Catherine G. Wagley, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
Like restaurants from another era, reservations were being jotted into a large datebook.
—Marc Bona, cleveland, 16 Jan. 2023
But that’s the only acting gig in Jacobson’s datebook.
—Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2021
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Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2025
Or, for a schedule-obsessive, how about a beautiful 2025 datebook, like this one from Folio Editions ($23.50), or a horizontal Laurel Denise project planner ($50).
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2024
The interrogations mostly come up empty, but when Danny finds Kira’s datebook, the detectives finally get a lead.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2024
That is historically the bane of coach Kyle Shanahan’s datebook (13-19 record, trumped only by an 0-2 mark in February).
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 16 May 2024
The iHeartRadio Music Festival, after 12 years as a staple event in Las Vegas’ datebook, took over the T-Mobile Arena Friday and Saturday with the top stars of music and podcasting, radio and streaming, canvassing both the audience, onstage and backstage.
—Melinda Sheckells, Variety, 26 Sep. 2022
Travel snapshots from Betye Saar’s datebook for her trip to Haiti, July 17-23, 1978.
—Catherine G. Wagley, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
Like restaurants from another era, reservations were being jotted into a large datebook.
—Marc Bona, cleveland, 16 Jan. 2023
But that’s the only acting gig in Jacobson’s datebook.
—Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2021
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“Datebook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/datebook. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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