fanzines

noun

plural of fanzine
as in zines

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  1. zines
  2. newspapers
  3. periodicals
  4. books
  5. mags
  6. journals
  7. serials
  8. magazines
Noun
  • In Athens, a walk around the Varvakios central market is a must; Hyper Hypo is a cool art and design bookshop worth the visit, whose zines line Ace’s walls.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 July 2026
  • While a few newsstands have found interesting items to sell for less than $10 — a Midtown newsstand is selling zines and ceramics, for example — others are flouting the law and selling everything from scarves and hats to costume jewelry.
    — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 22 July 2026
Definition of zines
Noun
  • Recently, the Montgomery County, Maryland, school district made local headlines after officials required administrators to review student newspapers prior to publication and outright censor certain reports based on vague standards.
    — Annabelle Garland, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026
  • Local newspapers and magazines have been particularly decimated by the cultural shift to online and social platforms.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 23 July 2026
Definition of newspapers
Noun
  • City law still requires newsstands to sell periodicals, but few bother for obvious reasons.
    — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 22 July 2026
  • The center’s resources—all free—include more than a million books and periodicals, with 400 terminals and 75 staff members available to help dig through them.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
Definition of periodicals
Noun
  • The Colorado Rockies’ history books are littered with elite offensive names and gaudy statistics.
    — Sam Blum, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • The Poet’s Vault adds another layer to the experience, offering customers a selection of new and vintage vinyl records and books.
    — Evan Moore July 22, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026
Definition of books
Noun
  • There was a time when plastic surgery was something that was only talked about behind closed doors — or speculated about in the pages of gossip mags.
    — Louis Peitzman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 June 2026
  • The show follows the usual rhythms of a romance novel and the erotic stories that used to populate gay skin mags.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
Definition of mags
Noun
  • Left behind are her great-grandmother’s haunting journals detailing the story of her own phantom, and subsequently, her brutal murder.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 25 July 2026
  • Hundreds of new studies are published across dozens of journals every month.
    — Garth Friesen, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of journals
Noun
  • The Quatermass Experiment was a set of four different sci-fi serials, each containing 6 episodes, that debuted in 1953, a full decade before Who hit our screens.
    — William Worrall, Space.com, 15 July 2026
  • There have been dozens and dozens of ceremonies on soaps over the past 80 years, including nuptials for infamous characters of daytime serials and fan-favorite supercouples.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 27 June 2026
Definition of serials
Noun
  • For decades, media meant whatever television stations, newspapers, magazines, or radio producers decided to show us.
    — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Digital was quicker and cheaper, so magazines eventually started requiring it.
    — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 21 July 2026
Definition of magazines
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