daybooks

noun

plural of daybook
as in diaries
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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  1. diaries
  2. journals
Noun
  • Everyone had to fill out daily sleep diaries and were fitted with glucose monitors and research-level wrist actigraphs to track sleep better than self-reporting can.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Last year’s Bookmatch led me to some of my favorite reads in 2025, including Charlotte Shane’s An Honest Woman and the diaries of Helen Garner.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of diaries
Noun
  • The controversy highlights a growing concern in academia about whether some researchers could rely too heavily on AI to churn out a wave of papers that overwhelms journals charged with vetting the work.
    — TODD WALLACK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The studies were published in Advanced Materials and Science journals.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of journals
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“Daybooks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daybooks. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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