daybooks

Definition of daybooksnext
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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Noun
  • It was done in two years, as a result of having this entire team — even though the process was much like writing in some ways, with primary sources, letters and diaries being the favorite things to use.
    Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
  • The team then conducted interviews, collected food diaries, and asked the patients questionnaires to calculate how much of each dairy product people ate per day.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 21 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Conditions such as space adaptation syndrome — an ailment characterized by vomiting and vertigo that is experienced by many astronauts during their first hours in microgravity — only came into focus after years of research and revelations in academic journals.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Photos, Videos, Journals, and Scrapbooks While old photos, journals, handwritten notes, and other personal archives may not mean much to you at the time, check with family members to see if anyone wants to be the keeper of memories.
    Ashley Poskin, Martha Stewart, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Daybooks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daybooks. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.

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