magazine

noun

ˈma-gə-ˌzēn How to pronounce magazine (audio)
Definition of magazinenext
1
as in warehouse
a building for storing goods the village kept a magazine where people left common supplies

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2
as in armory
a place where military arms are stored the magazine is heavily guarded to prevent theft

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3
as in newspaper
a publication that appears at regular intervals a weekly sports magazine

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Recent Examples of magazine The actress and model first appeared in the magazine in 1996 at age 24 and now graces the pages of Playboy's Summer 2026 issue, which is on sale now. — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026 Outside of a brief Apple Music Petal Radio segment and a handful of short clips, there was no extended magazine cover run or late night circuit of the kind that shaped Sweetener, thank u, next or Eternal Sunshine. — Olivia Shalhoup, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 The pair, who were married in 2022 and finalized their divorce last year, presented different theories about how the injury occurred, according to court filings and police reports reviewed by the magazine. — ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026 Some of the toys' far-out designs were taken straight out of NASA conceptual art and prototypes seen in the pages of Popular Mechanics, Life, and National Geographic magazines. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 1 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for magazine
Recent Examples of Synonyms for magazine
  1. warehouse
  2. armory
  3. newspaper
  4. repository
  5. depot
  6. periodical
  7. storage
  8. arsenal
Noun
  • Former homes are now occupied by spice warehouses and stores selling antiques and handicrafts.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Westside Paper is a 15-acre project across from the King Plow Arts Center that repurposed a large warehouse once home to Atlanta Paper Co.
    — Amy Wenk, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of warehouse
Noun
  • See The Sight Of John Brown's Raid Near the rivers sits the original armory guard house, where in 1859, abolitionist John Brown led a legendary but ultimately unsuccessful slave revolt.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 July 2026
  • During the Vietnam War, irate protesters splashed blood on military recruiters and firebombed the local armory.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
Definition of armory
Noun
  • Police set up a strike force to investigate Jones after The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper reported in 2023 that Jones used his position of power, first as a schoolteacher and later as a popular broadcaster, to prey on a number of young men.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • In 2022, terrorists kidnapped dozens of people from a train between Abuja and Kaduna, and Tukur Mamu, a newspaper publisher, negotiated their release.
    — Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of newspaper
Noun
  • Artist Michelle Grabner will donate more than 2,000 artworks to the John Michael Kohler Arts Center (JMKAC) in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, making the institution the most comprehensive repository of her work.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The framework's own repository is blunt about its limits, describing its controls as defense-in-depth rather than true containment.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of repository
Noun
  • Another parcel on Fisher Island that developers are looking to build on is the island’s fuel depot.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Ukraine also struck the Saratov oil refinery, the Engels military airfield and other targets inside Russia overnight including fuel storage tanks at the Lyudinovskaya oil depot in Russia’s Kaluga region, Zelenskyy said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of depot
Noun
  • It is anticipated that all IEEE periodicals will be included in the Integrity Hub screening by the end of this year.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2026
  • City law still requires newsstands to sell periodicals, but few bother for obvious reasons.
    — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 22 July 2026
Definition of periodical
Noun
  • The device, called a programmable dynamic memtransistor (PDM), combines the memory function of a storage device with the computing function of a transistor.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Verve Culture’s Mahjong set pairs handmade wooden tiles with a mango wood storage box that feels worlds away from the plastic versions many of us grew up with.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of storage
Noun
  • Given the limited number of targets, the Chinese military would be able to reserve the bulk of its capabilities, including the majority of its missile arsenal, to deter the United States and other countries from coming to Taiwan’s aid.
    — Eugene Gholz, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Under such an approach, negotiations would focus first on halting the production and advancement of nuclear weapons, rather than demanding the dismantlement of North Korea's existing arsenal at the outset.
    — Se Eun Gong, NPR, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of arsenal

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“Magazine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magazine. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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