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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 In 2012, a study published in the journal Applied Animal Behaviour Science sought to test out the theory. Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025 The study was published in the journal JAMA Ophthalmology. New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2025 Her producer’s encouragement dovetailed with the music and journal entries MŌRIAH had been quietly creating backstage while touring churches across the country. Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2025 Research published in the journal Fertility and Sterility found that this robot is 10 times more precise in preparing these embryo culture plates than humans. Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for journal
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Noun
  • The comments were picked up by South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo newspaper, and CNN asked the two former US Navy officers to review that report and the video.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The chairman claimed his words had been taken out of context, but his comments were splashed across the back of the newspapers and caused a storm of controversy.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
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  • The whole team of professional athletes dressed up in costumes far from their red-and-blue NFL uniforms, with many players coordinating with their wives, girlfriends and fiancés, and Bush brought PEOPLE along for the entire wild ride with an exclusive photo diary from the event.
    Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Anne Frank’s diary has been synonymous with a true account of what life was like amid the horrors of the Holocaust.
    Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Studies on bohemianism tend to emphasize the primacy of cities, where radical and eclectic ideas were shared through newspapers, literary periodicals, coffeehouses, bars, cafés, bookstores, and art galleries.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Written and directed by Mickey Reece (Climate of the Hunter, Mickey Reece’s Alien), Every Heavy Thing stars Josh Fadem (Twin Peaks, Better Call Saul, 30 Rock) as a mild-mannered ad salesperson for an online periodical, who witnesses a murder and spirals into paranoia.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
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  • The Festival, which is the magazine’s signature event, was held in New York City and brought together leading voices in literature, film, comedy, television, politics, and medicine.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The Kickstarter campaign will also debut the Fangoria Digital Archive, a fully searchable, indexed, interactive, remastered collection of the magazine’s complete original run (Issues 1–344).
    Leia Mendoza, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
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  • After dropping 43 points against Golden State on Tuesday, Doncic somehow topped it, finishing with 49 points, 11 rebounds, and eight assists and etching his name in the history books for several reasons.
    Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The sports books spend hundreds of millions on advertising annually, primarily during games, along with pregame and post-game shows, according to MediaRadar, which tracks and estimates ad spending.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025

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“Journal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/journal. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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