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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Recent Examples of journal Not peer-reviewed There’s much to criticize about this new study, starting with the fact that it’s being released before being published by a reputable scientific journal. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 7 May 2025 Investigators later found that Hale, who was killed by police at the scene, left behind at least 20 journals, a suicide note and an unpublished memoir. David Matthews, New York Daily News, 7 May 2025 Their findings were published in the journal Current Biology on Monday. Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2025 The recent findings, publicized in the journal PLOS One, analyze a puncture wound that was found on the pelvis of a gladiator buried in a York cemetery. Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 5 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for journal
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Noun
  • Lai, 77, founded the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, which was forced to shut down in 2021.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
  • Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of solutions for their local newspaper.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • His diary contains illustrations of animals, plants, and landscapes, and their quality varies.
    Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 2 May 2025
  • Southwest Flight Attendant John McKay holds up his diary on a recent flight.
    Jesse Kirsch, NBC news, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • What resulted was a learning center for the 532 students who attend An Thanh Commune Primary School in the mountainous Hoai An District, complete with a computer lab, books, periodicals and furniture.
    Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
  • What To Know As first announced earlier this year, starting April 1, the USPS began implementing new service standards for first-class mail, periodicals, marketing mail, and package services.
    Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The Italian magazine il Giornale got hold of some of the first reports of intrigue from the secretive conclave that selected Leo as the first American pope on Thursday.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 10 May 2025
  • McEvoy previously worked on Forbes’ breaking news team and has written for outlets including CNN and Inc. magazine.
    Jemima McEvoy, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • His name was invisible for decades, until the exhaustive research of stadiums expert Simon Inglis brought his body of work to life in his 2007 book Engineering Archie.
    Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 17 May 2025
  • But libraries were established for the purpose of circulating freely books for the common good, not books designed for some special interests such as those professing woke-ism or those pushing the LGBT agenda, books which poison the mind and preach hatred.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 May 2025

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“Journal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/journal. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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