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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for daybook
Noun
  • Yes, deals get done The diary of the workaday sales exec at most of the major distribs is filled with meetings with their acquisitions exec equivalent.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Bolton kept diaries — that is not a crime.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This study has been published in the journal Nature Microbiology.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Thomas Wentworth Higginson spent his leisure time writing down the strange new lyrics in his journal.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Daybook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daybook. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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