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 Place it in an entryway to toss pet necessities for easy access and visibility, or in a living area to corral books and magazines. — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2026 Today, the magazines are clutching to the cliff edge like Mufasa. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026 Over five years, Wex amassed thousands of images of such postures, drawing from her street photography as well as magazines, ads and art history books. — Rebecca L. Davis, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026 Customers can also shop vintage clothes, posters, magazines, comics and other retro items. — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026 If things proceed as planned, Ant intends to introduce additional magazines and accessories in the future. — New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2026 Gray became a teen idol, frequently appearing on the covers of Tiger Beat and other teen magazines. — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026 During the ’70s Gray also became a teen idol, frequently appearing on the covers of Tiger Beat and other popular teen magazines. — Denise Petski, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026 Kate, 51 During and directly following the show, matriarch Kate published four books, landed a celebrity spot on Dancing With the Stars, and appeared on the cover of countless magazines. — Isabella Albaig, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for magazines
  1. warehouses
  2. armories
  3. periodicals
  4. repositories
  5. arsenals
  6. books
  7. depots
  8. newspapers
Noun
  • The sprawling computer warehouses have become deeply unpopular with many Americans concerned about noise, impacts to utility bills, water usage and the rise of artificial intelligence generally.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The Warehouse Pollution Reduction Act would require warehouses of 30,000 square feet or more, such as the one planned for West Town, to use more zero-emission trucks and delivery vehicles.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 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
  • As mass media and periodicals became central sources of information, the daily welcomed illustrations that engaged with the issues of the day.
    — Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • 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
Definition of periodicals
Noun
  • Most repositories celebrate approved prompts and hours saved.
    — Bryan Lapidus, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The benchmark measures performance across tasks such as analyzing multi-page documents, scientific datasets, and code repositories.
    — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of repositories
Noun
  • The Financial Times’ chief foreign affairs commentator explores a geopolitical twilight in which the three nations with the largest nuclear arsenals are led by strongmen, allowing autocrats to exploit new gaps in the global political order.
    — Mary Lawrence Ware, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Most of Iran’s regional neighbors field militaries armed by the US but have slowly begun diversifying their arsenals and formalizing new military alliances amid concerns over Washington’s commitment to defending its allies.
    — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of arsenals
Noun
  • The shop offers several book clubs, events and even books for rent for book clubs.
    — Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Advent Calendar Storybook Collection On Sale 20% off The budding bookworm will enjoy flipping through 24 Sesame Street mini books.
    — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of books
Noun
  • The office of the Medical Dissenter on the Strand was one of Morison’s official London depots for the pills in 1837.
    — Jim Downs, STAT, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Ukraine has attacked several Russian oil refineries and fuel depots, slashing Russia’s diesel exports by 75%, according to CNBC.
    — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of depots
Noun
  • The lawsuit says Brave crawled and copied content from more than 30 billion webpages in its index without identifying itself or providing the owners of websites any mechanism to block its crawler, according to the newspapers’ complaint.
    — Molly Crane Newman, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Their case was supported by the Norwegian Media Businesses’ Association (MBL), whose member newspapers account for approximately 97% of Norwegian newspaper circulation.
    — Barbara Ortutay, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of newspapers

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“Magazines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magazines. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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