as in journal
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 diary In addition, sharing diaries could also hint toward the two camps finding a time for Prince Harry and King Charles to meet in person. Stephanie Petit, People.com, 28 July 2025 The outlet also revealed that Harry sharing his diary would potentially spark conversations about when father and son can meet in person again. Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2025 Northumberland was a 70-gun warship built in Bristol, England in 1679 as part of the transformation of the English navy under Samuel Pepys – now best-known for his diaries – from a corrupt institution to a fighting force to be reckoned with. Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 30 July 2025 Less than eight months after the Commune’s bloody repression, the novelist and shrewd social chronicler Edmond de Goncourt would note in his diary the return of a traffic jam of fashionable carriages outside 7 Rue de la Paix. Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 25 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for diary
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  • Beneath the surface, however, the rig is teeming with life, according to a study published Aug. 4 in the journal Scielo Brazil.
    Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
  • In a paper appearing in the journal Annual Reviews of Nuclear and Particle Science, author Brian Fields notes that BBN represents our earliest reliable probe of the cosmos.
    Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025

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