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adjective

dī-ˈər-nᵊl How to pronounce diurnal (audio)
Definition of diurnalnext
as in daily
occurring, done, produced, or appearing every day a love as constant and certain as the diurnal tides

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noun

as in periodical
a publication that appears at regular intervals a collection of diurnals containing essays by preeminent 19th-century American writers and thinkers

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Recent Examples of diurnal
Adjective
During its 12-day journey, SE2 completed one full day-night diurnal cycle over New Mexico and three consecutive diurnals off the Brazilian coast. — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 14 Apr. 2026 Overnight lows will drop into the low 40s under clear skies, marking a 30-degree diurnal swing in some spots. — Senior Newsroom Meteorologist, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2026 This doubling of the diurnal might happen once a year. — Lauren Bostwick, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2026 The watery and stable microclimate within the caves long ago could have hosted microbial colonies, and today the caves are protected from the extreme conditions on Mars' surface, such as wildly different diurnal temperatures, dust storms and solar ultraviolet and cosmic-ray radiation. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 24 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for diurnal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diurnal
  1. daily
  2. periodical
  3. newspaper
  4. journal
  5. book
  6. magazine
Adjective
  • Other amenities include a gym, a borrowing closet with Hunter boots and raincoats, and daily boat tours.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Oct. 2026
  • When testing new approaches becomes a natural step in daily execution, continuous innovation occurs organically without requiring special events or dedicated hackathons.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of daily
Noun
  • Sexism landed her in a fringe periodical, and her endorsement of the quackery of purgatives gave her a headline.
    — Jim Downs, STAT, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Gates, who now stewards the photographic archives and periodicals of the Johnson Publishing Company, has exhibited it in different forms.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of periodical
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  • All but one mainstream newspaper have criticized the revisions, and media surveys show a large majority of the public support female monarchs or maternal-line succession.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Some Ukrainian officials told the newspaper that the system had not been restored to full functionality but was working at higher speeds than under the cap.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of newspaper
Noun
  • Findings of no effect tend to either be shuffled off to low-profile journals or left behind as unpublished lab lore.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026
  • As if to prove his point, a journal had just rejected his paper.
    — George Musser, Quanta Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of journal
Noun
  • In her latest book, Harvard historian Jill Lepore argues that Big Tech now controls the United States—and, by extension, the entire planet.
    — Nina Verdelli, Vanity Fair, 24 Oct. 2026
  • My books include The Underground Guide to Color Printers (Addison-Wesley), Troubleshooting Your PC (Microsoft Press), and Faster, Smarter Digital Photography (Microsoft Press).
    — M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of book
Noun
  • Web Behrens is a freelance writer and contributing Go editor for Chicago magazine.
    — Web Behrens, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
  • And in 2015, Olson determined the precise time of day that Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt took his most famous photograph (V-J- Day in Times Square) on August 14, 1945.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of magazine

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