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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 Their findings were published Aug. 7 in the journal Nature Astronomy. Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 11 Aug. 2025 Charles Darwin, himself a sufferer, recorded in the journals documenting his time aboard H.M.S. Beagle a folk custom that had been shared with him during a bad bout in Argentina. Jerome Groopman, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025 The study was published in the journal Communications Medicine. New Atlas, 10 Aug. 2025 The findings were published July 18 in the journal Science Advances. Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for journal
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Noun
  • Trump has denied the reports and is suing the newspaper.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Murdoch and the newspaper might win a quick judgment if that were the case, but Maxwell could block that by aiding Trump.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
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  • Drawing from her private diaries and thousands of analog photographs, the director charts Jarcovjáková’s life from the dissident art circles of communist Czechoslovakia to high-fashion shoots in Tokyo.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The film was created from her private diaries and thousands of analog photographs, depicting the underground movement in 1980s Czechoslovakia as well as Jarcovjáková’s dramatic escape to West Berlin and an exclusive photo shoot in Tokyo.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The saga of this allegedly civilized periodical seemed about as tranquil as a Viking smithy.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
  • How accurate is the Farmers' Almanac? Farmers' Almanac is an annual American periodical that has been in continuous publication since 1818, providing long-range weather predictions for the U.S. and Canada.
    Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Zeta Tijuana, an investigative magazine, reported in 2023 that Huerta’s Arellano Félix cell had colluded with corrupt Tijuana police officers to steal a massive drug shipment from a rival Sinaloa faction — an episode that prompted cartel hitmen to hunt down and kill the dirty cops.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Before Wintour, the magazine typically shot models from the shoulders up, their neat headshots captured within the walls of a studio and in front of solid-colored backdrops—almost never outside or on the street.
    Elizabeth Grace Coyne, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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  • The first section of Guralnick’s book begins by explaining, in detail, how Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk, born in Breda, Holland, in 1909, reinvented himself as Colonel Tom Parker—not really a colonel, but a mythmaker extraordinaire.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 7 Aug. 2025
  • In his book, Britain's Ghostly Heritage, author John West claims that the then-Prince of Wales had a frightening encounter in a library on the estate, which left him and a staff member bolting from the room. Can't get enough of PEOPLE's Royals coverage?
    Meredith Kile, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025

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“Journal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/journal. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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