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 Roach, whom my colleague Jennifer Wilson profiled for this magazine in 2024, is perhaps the most sophisticated practitioner of Method Dressing working today. — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 Then, another 20-year-old man, Daktari Rose Deacon, of Hyde Park, left a bathroom that adjoined the bedroom, according to police, who searched the bathroom and found another loaded firearm with an extended magazine. — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 20 July 2026 National Geographic and Oprah magazine also listed it among their top travel books. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 July 2026 Stiffened copies of People magazine declare George Clooney the 2006 Sexiest Man Alive. — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 20 July 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
  • The ocean carrier operates a smaller, 49,000-square-foot warehouse in Peabody.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 16 July 2026
  • Figure streamed its Figure 02 humanoid performing logistics and warehouse-style tasks for more than 20 hours continuously.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 July 2026
Definition of warehouse
Noun
  • During the Vietnam War, irate protesters splashed blood on military recruiters and firebombed the local armory.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
  • As visitors like Fulkerson settled into folding chairs arranged along the same grassy knoll where John Brown and his followers fought their way into the red-brick armory, Kerwin rose, stepped to the microphone and looked out at the crowd gathered before her.
    — Marissa J. Lang, NPR, 26 June 2026
Definition of armory
Noun
  • Stadium Club sets are known for their utilization of exceptional photographs, and Joan Monfort’s work from 2007, intended for a charity calendar produced by FC Barcelona, UNICEF and newspaper Diario Sport, certainly fits that category.
    — Brooks Peck, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • Someone has left a copy of the communist newspaper Rizospastis, folded up neatly near Bellou’s tombstone, which is engraved with the lyrics of one of her most beloved songs.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
Definition of newspaper
Noun
  • Short for adversarial hallucination squatting, HalluSquatting is built on an LLM’s inherent tendency to hallucinate the resource identifiers hosted in repositories and registries.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026
  • Because a dictionary, properly understood, isn’t just a repository, but an atlas that sets the contours of the explorable world.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026
Definition of repository
Noun
  • Soon, such drones were striking at will on Russian munitions depots, supply convoys, and transport routes.
    — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 15 July 2026
  • The Dangote Refinery in Lagos agreed in 2024 to set depot prices in the local currency following a government deal that involved sourcing crude oil domestically, which the plant would purchase in naira.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of depot
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  • The center’s resources—all free—include more than a million books and periodicals, with 400 terminals and 75 staff members available to help dig through them.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
  • Galaxy, Analog, and Amazing Stories, those three periodicals – and our bathroom was piled high.
    — Ben Mankiewicz, CBS News, 7 June 2026
Definition of periodical
Noun
  • According to Linda Debassige, Grand Council Chief of the Anishinabek Nation in Ontario, more than 30 homes were lost, along with the administration office, school, community center, storage buildings, vehicles and essential community equipment.
    — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • The downside is that a 500-kW laser system would require a standard 40-foot shipping container just to house the weapon, its advanced cooling system, and its massive power storage banks.
    — David Szondy July 16, New Atlas, 17 July 2026
Definition of storage
Noun
  • The successful firing further expands KIZILELMA’s growing arsenal of indigenous weapons as Baykar continues integrating new capabilities into the platform.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026
  • Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, a key power center in the country’s theocracy that controls its ballistic missile arsenal, sharply rejected America’s statement.
    — Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026
Definition of arsenal

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“Magazine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magazine. Accessed 22 Jul. 2026.

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