as in daily
occurring, done, produced, or appearing every day
a love as constant and certain as the diurnal tides
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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
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
Snow accumulations may be affected by diurnal trends and sun angle.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Snow accumulations may be affected by diurnal trends and sun angle.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
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
Snow accumulations may be affected by diurnal trends and sun angle.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Snow accumulations may be affected by diurnal trends and sun angle.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diurnal
Adjective
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The Moon in Sagittarius moves through your 6th House of Work, highlighting responsibilities and daily tasks that need attention.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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The Mamdani administration’s plan would remove cars from the southern end of the plaza, restore the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Arch as a true gateway to Prospect Park, add three-quarters of an acre of public space, cut dangerous pedestrian crossings, and speed up the B41 bus for 27,000 daily riders.—
Jonathan Timm,
New York Daily News,
3 May 2026
Noun
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The gala’s funds support acquisitions of garments and accessories, but also the institute’s reference library, which holds over 800 periodicals and 1,500 designer files pertaining to the history of fashion and clothing, dating back to the sixteenth century.—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
1 May 2026
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In Near, the Court considered the constitutionality of a Minnesota public nuisance statute that allowed authorities to shut down scandalous and defamatory periodicals.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In December, his newspaper The Washington Post, against the wishes of staffers, launched an AI podcast feature that badly regurgitates its articles, with predictably disastrous results.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
30 Apr. 2026
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He was born in Hawthorne, New Jersey, to big band musician Virgil Lozzi and Elizabeth Ann Rhodes, daughter of the New Jersey newspaper owner Raymond Lincoln Rhodes.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2026
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The news was posted to the Instagram account of the journal e-flux, providing no reasoning for the decision.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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This type of scenario could become a reality in the-not-too-distant future, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.—
Will Stone,
NPR,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Did reading one book prove more compelling than a lifetime of knowing me?—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
5 May 2026
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The Great Gatsby was the first book that kind of blew things open for me in terms of symbolism and deeper meaning and language.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 May 2026
Noun
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In 1969, a British magazine called Nova published an interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The 29-year-old singer-songwriter’s fourth studio album, The Great Divide, has landed atop the Billboard 200, the magazine announced Sunday.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
3 May 2026
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“Diurnal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diurnal. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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