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 Before long, Katseye earned rare, early-career recognition, featuring on the cover of i-D, Teen Vogue, InStyle, Allure, and Nylon magazines, as well as securing billboard chart placements and two Grammy nominations. — Kati Chitrakorn, Vogue, 21 Aug. 2026 Inside the gun safe, charges say officers found empty magazines for two handguns but not the guns. — Riley Moser, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 Working outside the glossy magazines allows for certain liberties. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 19 Aug. 2026 Ondine was previously at New York magazine, and frequently writes for The New York Times travel section as well as Lonny, Details, and other magazines. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026 But Luwi had saved some of Gajdusek’s old magazines from the place, as well as his gas cylinders and Coleman lanterns. — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 There’s always an owner who brings six Fantasy magazines, an owner who brings a large roast beef sub and an owner who doesn’t bring his entry fee. — Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2026 This is a great way to hide clutter and still have surface area for setting magazines, cups, or remotes. — Melissa Epifano, The Spruce, 15 Aug. 2026 Our magazines are near empty, and rebuilding them takes years, not months. — Vitaliy Katsenelson, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for magazines
  1. warehouses
  2. armories
  3. periodicals
  4. repositories
  5. arsenals
  6. books
  7. depots
  8. newspapers
Noun
  • More than 120,000 tons of cocoa beans piled up in ports and warehouses across the country.
    — Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Neither was experienced in subscription sales, and of a first printing of 25,000, 5,000 remained in their warehouses after two years.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 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
  • People who might be lucky to have a roof over their heads gathered there to read American books and periodicals, watch American movies, listen to lectures about America, tap their toes to jazz from America.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of periodicals
Noun
  • This may mean that information on the capabilities and limitations of updates are delivered to all users via YouTube–like tutorials and new, highly effective AI prompts are shared and stored via GitHub-like knowledge repositories.
    — Emelia S. Probasco, Foreign Affairs, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Agents should never store static credentials in code repositories or configuration files.
    — Morey Haber, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of repositories
Noun
  • Experts say North Korea has often used its rivals’ drills as a pretext to ramp up testing activities to expand its weapons arsenals and promote public support for the reclusive North Korean leader.
    — Konstantin Toropin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Experts say North Korea has often used its rivals' drills as a pretext to ramp up its testing activities to expand its weapons arsenals and promote public support for leader Kim Jong Un.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of arsenals
Noun
  • Between tuition, books, supplies and all the other costs that arrive with a new academic year, transportation is one area where students and families may be looking to save.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The government also plans to increase the use of physical books in classrooms, part of a wider effort to pull back from digital technology that has included banning smartphones in schools and proposing a social-media ban for children under 16.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of books
Noun
  • Russian drones hit three major distribution centers, destroying depots belonging to a toy store chain and a confectionery company, and damaging another run by an electronics retailer, the companies said.
    — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
  • And their shock turned to anger when the United States bombed Iranian water storage facilities and Israel struck Iranian oil depots.
    — MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of depots
Noun
  • At the top were candidate debates and town halls, followed in close order by social media platforms, then by local news broadcasts and newspapers.
    — Susan Page, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
  • After being recognized in Los Angeles following his picture hitting newspapers around the country in 1985, a group of Boyle Heights residents chased Ramirez down and beat him, holding him in place until police arrived.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of newspapers

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“Magazines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magazines. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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