Definition of journalnext
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as in diary
a record of personal experiences, reflections, or ideas kept regularly for private use the writer faithfully records his dreams in a journal, believing that they are a vital key to self-understanding

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Recent Examples of journal Ayres Warren, who has already published a journal article on breast-cancer disparities, will pursue a career in environmental health-care management. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026 The findings were published on Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports. Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 29 Jan. 2026 The findings are detailed in a study published today in the journal Scientific Reports. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 Jan. 2026 The study, published recently in the scientific journal Cancer Research, is the first the married couple have led together. Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for journal
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Noun
  • In a letter obtained by CNN, the newspaper’s White House reporters banded together to defend some of the desks facing major cutbacks.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026
  • With over 40 articles published in the alternative weekly newspaper The Austin Chronicle, Mars has established herself as a prominent voice in music journalism.
    Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In an age when the phone has become our memory, map, diary, and most reliable distraction, Katrantzou has created a series of minaudières, part of the Bulgari Icons project, that offer a polite but pointed refusal.
    Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Fiction was just one of the many forms her stories took, alongside radio broadcasts, war diaries, newspaper columns, memoirs, and translations, all penned in disparate parts of the world.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Designate a place near the entryway for all mail, periodicals, and paper forms.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 13 Jan. 2026
  • His houses were featured in such prominent periodicals as Life magazine in the 1950s and Vogue in 1972.
    Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The container had 18 rifles, five handguns, firearms magazines, over 36,000 rounds of ammunition and a silencer that had been shipped from Miami.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
  • People magazine featured comedian Heather Shaw's wedding to Kentucky attorney Lilly Jean Coiner at the 21c Museum Hotel in Louisville.
    Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 7 Jan. 2026
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  • Torenberg said her book follows a woman who livestreams her life to raise money for the healthcare costs of her comatose sister.
    Danielle Parker, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Open like a book to create 1 large, thin cutlet.
    Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026

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“Journal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/journal. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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