Definition of daybooknext
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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Noun
  • Put another way, though, this was just a fancy heirloom, a diary left to be found.
    Eric Boodman, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Emails get left unanswered, and the few still at their desks can’t get a meeting in the diary.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The findings were published in the journal Science on Thursday.
    Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 2 Apr. 2026
  • But a study in Thursday’s journal Science said many of the fossils in this trove are remnants of more complex animals that lived three-dimensional lives, traveling up through the water and eating.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026

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“Daybook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daybook. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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