magazines

noun

plural of magazine
1
as in warehouses
a building for storing goods the village kept a magazine where people left common supplies

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

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

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Recent Examples of magazines For decades, media meant whatever television stations, newspapers, magazines, or radio producers decided to show us. — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 Digital was quicker and cheaper, so magazines eventually started requiring it. — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 21 July 2026 Other collaborations featured at the flagship include Rough Trade for vinyls, Classic Paris for books and magazines, as well as Love N Skate for all things skateboarding. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 20 July 2026 Friday's appeals court ruling in the New Jersey case goes further than a July 2024 ruling from a federal judge, who said that the state's ban on AR-15s specifically was unconstitutional but upheld the provision barring larger magazines. — ABC News, 17 July 2026 Nowadays, the company is a huge conglomerate, making books, comics, magazines, stickers, trading cards and other items. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 16 July 2026 Today, people find travel inspiration online, in magazines, and even in movies. — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 15 July 2026 Our competition is no longer only other magazines, but also individuals who function as media companies unto themselves. — Sam Jacobs, Time, 14 July 2026 The way new songs were circulated in the 1800s, explains John Troutman, music curator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, was that words were published on broadsides or in magazines, to be applied to familiar tunes. — Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for magazines
  1. warehouses
  2. armories
  3. periodicals
  4. repositories
  5. arsenals
  6. books
  7. depots
  8. newspapers
Noun
  • Yet, the bigger electrification opportunity may be unfolding in warehouses, airports, ports, farms, construction sites and industrial facilities.
    — Darren Tan, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Illinois’ 43rd Senate District, which largely encompasses Will County, has more square footage for warehouses 30,000 square feet and larger than any other Senate district in the state.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
Definition of warehouses
Noun
  • The work is part of a larger effort statewide to update the National Guard’s armories, as renovations in recent years have either been completed or are planned at many readiness centers, including those in Brainerd, New Ulm, Marshall, Moorhead and Fergus Falls.
    — Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 29 May 2026
  • Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire a year ago, but Israel — which says the group has been rebuilding its armories, and that Lebanon is failing in its commitment to disarm it — has ramped up attacks against Hezbollah in recent days.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 24 Nov. 2025
Definition of armories
Noun
  • City law still requires newsstands to sell periodicals, but few bother for obvious reasons.
    — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 22 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of periodicals
Noun
  • This capability allows for longer coding sessions, large repositories, and workflows combining text, images, and other information, according to Moonshot.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026
  • Thek had a long-standing fascination with bodies, those repositories of hope and decay, but neither show focusses much on that.
    — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
Definition of repositories
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  • First isolated in the 1940s by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, plutonium has been widely used to build nuclear arsenals by multiple countries.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 30 June 2026
  • Rebuilding depleted arsenals will take years, with the Defense Production Act invoked to boost production.
    — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of arsenals
Noun
  • The Colorado Rockies’ history books are littered with elite offensive names and gaudy statistics.
    — Sam Blum, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • The Poet’s Vault adds another layer to the experience, offering customers a selection of new and vintage vinyl records and books.
    — Evan Moore July 22, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026
Definition of books
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  • The attacks, which follow months of drone strikes on Russian oil depots and refineries, appear designed to severely disrupt Moscow's supply chains and increase the financial burden facing the country's businesses and state budget.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 23 July 2026
  • Russian news outlet Astra on Sunday reported that three oil depots may be burning in Stavropol, based on its analysis of photos and videos sent in by locals after the attack.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
Definition of depots
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  • Recently, the Montgomery County, Maryland, school district made local headlines after officials required administrators to review student newspapers prior to publication and outright censor certain reports based on vague standards.
    — Annabelle Garland, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026
  • Local newspapers and magazines have been particularly decimated by the cultural shift to online and social platforms.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 23 July 2026
Definition of newspapers

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