Thesaurus results for DIURNALS

diurnals

noun

plural of diurnal

as in books

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 diurnals 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

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The bookshelf in our king-bedroom suite featured a variety of titles - from coffee table books chronicling early twentieth-century Miami to art history books to beachy novels.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026
Highlights Press, the book publishing program of Highlights for Children, is now a top-20 children’s publisher and routinely publishes activity books, craft books and learning workbooks.

— Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026

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Operating for nearly a century, Algani began in 1927 as a modest seller of newspapers, periodicals, and postcards before evolving into one of the city’s first international newsstands.

— Eleonora Giordani, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026
People who might be lucky to have a roof over their heads gathered there to read American books and periodicals, watch American movies, listen to lectures about America, tap their toes to jazz from America.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of periodicals

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Among Murdoch’s undertakings were that the newspapers’ editors would maintain control of their political policies and that the editors would have full independence from Murdoch’s orders about the mix of news and opinion in their pages.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
The newspapers reported McKinsey alleged Chen directed anti-LGBTQ slurs at him and one of the couple's children.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of newspapers

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Ira Price, a U of C professor, had a house in Morgan Park but had to get to Hyde Park and used that bicycle at least a few times for the 6- to 7-mile trip, writing about it in his journals.

— Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
In one of these journals, called Notebook B, there is an incidental sketch, a few scratched lines like the barren twigs of a winter tree.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

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Police arrested Washington minutes after the shooting and recovered the gun and two magazines from the neighbor's apartment, according to prosecutors.

— Darius Johnson, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
He has also been featured in fashion magazines, including commON magazine in August 2022 and has attended major fashion events, like Paris Fashion Week in January 2022.

— Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of magazines

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While jellyfish, an even more remote species, have two nervous systems, the findings suggest these two organs may have slowly grown close to each other.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 24 Sep. 2026
This implies that our own hindbrain is already represented by an exclusive lineage of cells distinct from the forebrain and midbrain just three weeks after conception, roughly when other major organs like the heart are distinguishing themselves.

— Mike McRae September 21, New Atlas, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of organs

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Also on Wednesday, the BBC Sport unit told employees about plans to make redundancies and cut sports bulletins on its news channel.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026
Prospective intelligence automates the monitoring of payer bulletins, regulatory guidance and coding updates to identify what is supposed to change.

— Terry Goertz, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026

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