: magazine
especially
: a noncommercial often homemade or online publication usually devoted to specialized and often unconventional subject matter
a feminist zine
Examples of zine in a Sentence
a small cadre of students have taken to producing their own underground zine in order to satirize many of the university's most sacred cows
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There were drinks for sale—red and blue Jell-O shots, Sapporo—along with a row of vendors: trans literature zines, shiny tchotchkes, a tattoo artist.
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Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 25 June 2025
The group’s landmark stretch in Orange County punk history is revisited in the Biennial through an installation looking back to their time as bandmates including archival zines, letters, concert footage, and both individual and collective artwork.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Along the way, she’s fostered an underground activist scene through events, zines, photography, and mixed media, never afraid to confront patriarchal or authoritarian oppression.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 10 June 2025
Best Shopping Studio Route 29 The joyful, inspiring Studio Route 29 showcases work (paintings, zines, and more) from artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
—Hannah Howard, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2025
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Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 25 June 2025
The group’s landmark stretch in Orange County punk history is revisited in the Biennial through an installation looking back to their time as bandmates including archival zines, letters, concert footage, and both individual and collective artwork.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Along the way, she’s fostered an underground activist scene through events, zines, photography, and mixed media, never afraid to confront patriarchal or authoritarian oppression.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 10 June 2025
Best Shopping Studio Route 29 The joyful, inspiring Studio Route 29 showcases work (paintings, zines, and more) from artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
—Hannah Howard, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for zine
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“Zine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zine. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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