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
  • These intimate reflections read like pages taken from private diaries, with all the informality and vulnerability of that genre, including misspellings and stray thoughts.
    Casey Cep, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
  • The studies cited used set caffeine doses or placebos and tracked participants with brain-wave monitoring, sleep diaries and questionnaires across hundreds to thousands of people.
    Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 5 May 2026
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  • Potter pushed away people over and over again, and The Dark Wizard uses archival footage, various interviews, and Potter’s journals to try to understand why.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 May 2026
  • Her short stories have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies and her nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times Book Review, the Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine, and elsewhere.
    Irene Zabytko May 7, Literary Hub, 7 May 2026

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“Daybook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daybook. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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