diaries

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 doc is constructed largely from Hammer’s own archive spanning five decades, alongside audio diaries and present-day conversations with her longtime partner, Florrie Burke. Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2026 In great Coppola family tradition, the late Eleanor Coppola was behind the scenes, recording her own video diaries that would become Making Marie Antoinette. Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026 Like James himself, the men are clever and bookish, writing letters or diaries, reading voraciously, and imagining themselves into tales of romance and Biblical comeuppance. Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 Historians have gleaned information from journals, letters and diaries, about their dialect. Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 The filmmakers supplement that with scenes where an actor reads from Brockington’s diaries and poetry, giving the audience a full portrait of this protagonist. Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026 As Boot noted to me, the president would not even spell out the word hell in his own diaries. Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026 The release of his diaries though, revealed some thoroughly discrediting and upsetting details about Fauci's private beliefs. Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026 To hide the Epstein papers and diaries, Trump has been willing to make war with Iran, risking many lives, our economy, our arms supply and the consequences of the next election for his fellow MAGAs in government. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diaries
journals
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  • As the historians Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway reported in the book Merchants of Doubt, the institute strategically refused to publish in journals subject to independent peer review.
    Matthew Sun, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
  • With Diane Lane narrating from Eleanor’s journals during that time, Making Marie Antoinette transcends a behind-the-scenes special and becomes a much more intimate look into the artistry of a mother and daughter in conversation with each other.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026

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