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 My Chief of Staff built a full end-to-end app for Cannes Lions that coordinates scheduling across 20+ executive diaries, manages the Canva Cabana program, and pipes lead interactions directly into our CRM. Rob Giglio, Fortune, 28 May 2026 Her life and works are adapted for stage and screen, and her diaries have been serialized on radio. Literary Hub, 28 May 2026 The big fear was that the Nazis are going to get hold of these diaries. Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 18 May 2026 Hundreds of pages worth of private emails, text messages and internal meeting notes were submitted as evidence, including Brockman’s personal diaries, and texts between Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg discussing possibly trying to buy OpenAI together. Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 18 May 2026 After her death, Riley read her diaries, an awkward experience at times. Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 2026 Caught in the web’s knots are pages of diaries from Japanese soldiers and German citizens during World War II. Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 14 May 2026 As Suzanne studies the dead woman’s diaries to sustain the illusion, her performance becomes increasingly intimate, and increasingly dangerous, as genuine feelings begin to blur the line between artifice and truth. Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026 The film crosses sites where camps once stood, setting them against diaries, memoirs and letters by prisoners. Callum McLennan, Variety, 11 May 2026
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journals
Noun
  • This also comes in handy for journals or appointment books that don’t come with ribbons or elastic bookmarks.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 8 June 2026
  • Zubboli An institution in Assisi, this historic shop is set right on the main piazza and sells handbound journals, stationery, and other paper goods, in addition to books.
    Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2026

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