Thesaurus results for NEWSPAPERS

newspapers

noun

plural of newspaper

as in periodicals

a publication that appears at regular intervals liked to read the newspaper every morning

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Recent Examples of newspapers Among Murdoch’s undertakings were that the newspapers’ editors would maintain control of their political policies and that the editors would have full independence from Murdoch’s orders about the mix of news and opinion in their pages. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 The newspapers reported McKinsey alleged Chen directed anti-LGBTQ slurs at him and one of the couple's children. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026 Drawing on home movies, street-protest footage, newspapers, sketches, photographs, and recorded voices, Ahangarani intertwines her life story with more than four decades of political upheaval. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026 Another study found that reading newspapers, magazines, and books was associated with a 33-percent reduction in the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 24 Sep. 2026 His brother, Harold Bechard, worked as a longtime sportswriter at newspapers in Salina and Hutchinson. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026 Beth Israel collected the desperate advertisements placed in the national newspapers. — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026 No one, including TV networks, newspapers, radio and news websites, has stopped covering the president. — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 22 Sep. 2026 After 43 years working at newspapers — the last 25 at the Florida Times-Union — this is it for me. — Mark Woods, Florida Times-Union, 20 Sep. 2026

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Operating for nearly a century, Algani began in 1927 as a modest seller of newspapers, periodicals, and postcards before evolving into one of the city’s first international newsstands.

— Eleonora Giordani, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of periodicals

Noun

The bookshelf in our king-bedroom suite featured a variety of titles - from coffee table books chronicling early twentieth-century Miami to art history books to beachy novels.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026
Highlights Press, the book publishing program of Highlights for Children, is now a top-20 children’s publisher and routinely publishes activity books, craft books and learning workbooks.

— Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of books

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Ira Price, a U of C professor, had a house in Morgan Park but had to get to Hyde Park and used that bicycle at least a few times for the 6- to 7-mile trip, writing about it in his journals.

— Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
In one of these journals, called Notebook B, there is an incidental sketch, a few scratched lines like the barren twigs of a winter tree.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of journals

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Police arrested Washington minutes after the shooting and recovered the gun and two magazines from the neighbor's apartment, according to prosecutors.

— Darius Johnson, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
He has also been featured in fashion magazines, including commON magazine in August 2022 and has attended major fashion events, like Paris Fashion Week in January 2022.

— Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 26 Sep. 2026

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