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daybook

noun

ˈdā-ˌbu̇k

Definition of daybook

as in diary

a record of personal experiences, reflections, or ideas kept regularly for private use each night, before bed, she jots down her thoughts in a daybook

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Recent Examples of daybook For others, a journal may double as a daybook, calendar, and catch-all for thoughts jotted down during a meeting or while waiting to pick up the kids at school. — Kate Donovan, Martha Stewart, 2 Feb. 2026 Pruitt’s remarks at the meeting were listed on his public schedule and described as being open to the press on a federal daybook of events. — Washington Post, 22 May 2018

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The diaries of the novelist Andrey Kurkov (collected into three volumes thus far) provide a rich chronicle of Ukrainians’ evolving responses to their extraordinary circumstances.

— Nick Holdstock, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
Even if her designs are not her personal diary, as Vanhée put it, they are informed by aspects of her identity.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

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The results, published this year in the ‘Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise’ journal, ranked a suit blower running cold air first and a cold-air helmet blower second.

— Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The study is published in the journal Applied Physics Letters.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026

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