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Recent Examples of diaries
Fiction was just one of the many forms her stories took, alongside radio broadcasts, war diaries, newspaper columns, memoirs, and translations, all penned in disparate parts of the world.
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Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
The low-budget movie follows two teenage girls whose lives unfold through webcam chats, video diaries and online messages.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 21 Jan. 2026
For Ruffier, the hardest part was filming scenes that show her unearthing and reading her old school-time diaries, full of entries about her then-teacher.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 20 Jan. 2026
Stewart agrees that many Xiu Xiu albums function as personal documents and diaries.
—Andy Hazel, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2026
According to the May 2025 Daily Mail report, Love, Freddie is based largely on Mercury’s secret diaries, which the rock legend reportedly gifted to his daughter prior to his death.
—Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
The filmmakers secured access to the family’s private collection of diaries, letters, photographs and previously unseen home videos.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Jan. 2026
The private detective Snider hired to tail Dorothy and Bogdanovich, Marc Goldstein, had, according to a suit filed by Bogdanovich and the Stratten estate, stolen Dorothy’s diaries and other personal effects, sold them to a studio.
—Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
As part of this project, more than 100,000 people submitted detailed food diaries over the course of multiple years.
—Jamie Ducharme, Health, 9 Jan. 2026
Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
The low-budget movie follows two teenage girls whose lives unfold through webcam chats, video diaries and online messages.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 21 Jan. 2026
For Ruffier, the hardest part was filming scenes that show her unearthing and reading her old school-time diaries, full of entries about her then-teacher.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 20 Jan. 2026
Stewart agrees that many Xiu Xiu albums function as personal documents and diaries.
—Andy Hazel, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2026
According to the May 2025 Daily Mail report, Love, Freddie is based largely on Mercury’s secret diaries, which the rock legend reportedly gifted to his daughter prior to his death.
—Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
The filmmakers secured access to the family’s private collection of diaries, letters, photographs and previously unseen home videos.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Jan. 2026
The private detective Snider hired to tail Dorothy and Bogdanovich, Marc Goldstein, had, according to a suit filed by Bogdanovich and the Stratten estate, stolen Dorothy’s diaries and other personal effects, sold them to a studio.
—Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
As part of this project, more than 100,000 people submitted detailed food diaries over the course of multiple years.
—Jamie Ducharme, Health, 9 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diaries
journals
Noun
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These observations are found in newspaper articles, pamphlets, and journals, and in dozens of letters and diary and journal entries written by eyewitnesses to Friend’s ministry.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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While there’s not a plethora of information available about Lee, there is a legacy of what the Shakers — now numbering three members in Maine’s Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village — left behind, from journals, text, hymns and, in particular, furniture and architecture.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
20 Jan. 2026
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