journals

plural of journal
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as in diaries
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 journals Two of the world’s leading medical journals published key studies this week that shed even more light on how ADHD impacts adults. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 23 Oct. 2026 The library used to house thousands of books, journals, and reports that employees could use to learn, research, and explore ideas — much like The Garage. — Tom Warren, The Verge, 22 Oct. 2026 In 2015, an attempt to replicate 100 studies published in leading psychology journals resulted in only 36% of replications achieving statistically significant results, compared with 97% in the original studies. — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026 Before social media even existed, Christie Brinkley was documenting her life through letters, journals and home movies. — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2026 The show's storylines were based on interviews with real-life survivors of Easy Company, in addition to letters and journals of real soldiers. — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026 These poignant and revealing journals cover the years after the financial disaster that engulfed Scott. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026 Others believe that tree-ring research, and the scientific journals that publish it, overestimate the number of historical fires. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Natural toiletries, journals and in-room yoga mats are a suitably Kamalaya touch. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for journals
Noun
  • Gates, who now stewards the photographic archives and periodicals of the Johnson Publishing Company, has exhibited it in different forms.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
  • When word spread that the Chief Librarian of the Army was paying a visit, soldiers rushed to request their favorite periodicals and book genres.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Smythson partnered with architectural design studio Johnson Pinney Architects to develop the 575 Madison Avenue space, which carries diaries, notebooks, stationery, business and travel accessories, games and homeware.
    — David Moin, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Biographical details about her—revealed in her diaries and letters—have only recently been made public by the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
    — Joan Martelli, Time, 17 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • My sister, the author Jacqueline Moriarty, works in a particularly beautiful chocolate shop, which is also a café and looks really magical, and her books often do have a magical side to them.
    — Olivia Squire, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026
  • As a teenager, Sharma worked at a golf course and sold coupon books to earn money.
    — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Kansas City Call Building The Kansas City Call, founded in 1919, became one of the city’s most influential newspapers for the Black community while reporting on community affairs and advocating for civil rights.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026
  • As the kid grew up in Los Angeles, shining shoes, selling newspapers, and vowing, unlike the rest of his family, to get an education, one impulse drove him on.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • What Allen Lane had in mind, though, was a departure from earlier paperback ventures that had been aimed largely at the readers of story magazines and dime novels.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
  • From the earliest days of his film career, fan magazines and movie columnists fixed on the unconventionality of Astaire's image.
    — David Hajdu, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Her left upper arm was never recovered, and her internal organs were still missing.
    — Samantha Bergeson, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Her only son was at her bedside alone, tasked with the decision to donate her organs.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2026

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“Journals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/journals. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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