diaries

Definition of diariesnext
plural of diary
as in journals
a record of personal experiences, reflections, or ideas kept regularly for private use has diligently kept a diary since she was 15

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Recent Examples of diaries The interesting back-story could also be conveyed better than the diaries scattered around the world. Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026 Produced by Dirty Monkeys and directed by Xiao Luxi, the film stars Sandra Ma and Ke Bai in a story about an 18-year-old who discovers his late mother’s vibrant past through her personal diaries. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026 Today’s writers use it to wildly different ends, from political invectives to plainspoken diaries to surreal dreamscapes. Patrick Dundon, JSTOR Daily, 9 Apr. 2026 The Pick Up Pigeons, who have collected more than 16,000 pounds of garbage since its founding in 2023, have found diaries, boxes of onions and psychedelic mushroom chocolate. Tim Craig The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2026 The diaries also included criticism of the Great Leap Forward, an industrialization program championed by Mao from 1958 to 1961 that caused a famine estimated to have killed as many as 40 million people. Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 1 Apr. 2026 The veteran author and journalist has pulled from letters, diaries, interviews with aging survivors, and many other sources to chart how life and behavior shifted in the German capital from 1939 to 1945. The Week Us, TheWeek, 1 Apr. 2026 No arrests were made, but the agents seized cash, records detailing wagers, and ledgers and diaries with betting information. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026 Inspired by the two authors' real-life childhood diaries, the show explores every stage of womanhood from growing up to getting older and laughing all the way. Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diaries
journals
Noun
  • Now the debate seems to be winding down with the latest experimental measurements, described in two recent papers published in the journals Nature and Physical Review Letters, respectively.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Her short fiction has appeared in journals like The Sewanee Review, AGNI, and Joyland.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026

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