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 Eventually, scientists’ misgivings, expressed largely in academic journals and to journalists, erupted into outright dissent. Sophie Yeo, The Dial, 4 Nov. 2025 When the film was being conceived, says Viduleja, the discovery of the director’s personal journals was a breakthrough moment. Will Tizard, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025 What To Know The researchers published their study on October 22 in journals such as ScienceDirect and Cell Metabolism, which found that skin injury or irritation may kickstart a process in the body that regenerates hair growth. Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025 Scientific journals dedicated entire special issues to the subject. Stuart Heritage, Air Mail, 25 Oct. 2025 The research will be released across several scientific journals on a rolling basis. Evan Bush, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025 Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in literary journals and anthologies, including The Best American Short Stories series. Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025 The museum's collection comprises more than 2,000 historic journals and memorabilia from the Western Frontier, the Civil Rights era, the Oklahoma City bombing, along with badges and guns used by the Marshals Service throughout the years, according to the museum's website. Carin Schoppmeyer, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2025 By 1945, there were 86 scholarly journals in the field of history alone, and by 1948 there were 35 university presses (compared to just three in 1900). Time, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for journals
Noun
  • News of Dye’s effort circulated widely within the conservative movement press, including in the periodicals Human Events and Liberty Lobby, as well as hyper-local conservative newspapers like the Birmingham Independent in Alabama.
    Time, Time, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The place itself, of course, but also artefacts—photographs, diaries, heirlooms.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Since his death, Hay has not remarried, but devoted her life to setting up scholarships and memorials in Burton’s name, including donating his diaries to Swansea University, per The Telegraph.
    Makena Gera, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
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  • As a childless person who doesn’t teach I’ve been happily unaware that, due to standardized testing requirements that favor close reads of excerpts over whole books, there’s an entire generation of students who have very little contextual framework for the literature they’re being taught in school.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Simply Winnie will debut June 2, 2026 and is available now for preorder, wherever books are sold.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Her screeds are routinely cited in major newspapers and footnoted in lawsuits; her targets range from low-level government employees to the Pope.
    Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Formal inquiries began after complaints that personal information shared only in private realms was routinely exposed on the front pages of national newspapers, causing distress and compromising the safety of those targeted.
    Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Shaq accepted the Junior Bridgeman Entrepreneur of the Year Award from sports agent and Klutch Sports Group founder Rich Paul, named in honor of the former basketball player who, in 2020, acquired Ebony and Jet magazines.
    Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Tens of thousands of callous-handed firefighters and tender veterinarians each year are snubbed in favor of bankable Hollywood stars that, coincidentally, tend to bring attention to suffering magazines.
    Choire Sicha, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • In addition to earlier detection, the study from GRAIL, a biotechnology company, showed that its multi-cancer early detection (MCED) testing method found cancers in organs that don't have routine screening tests.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
  • In healthcare, a thin robotic endoscope could move inside the body without damaging tissue, reaching internal organs safely.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025

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“Journals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/journals. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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