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a publication that appears at regular intervals
subscribed to three new periodicals
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Recent Examples of periodicals
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.
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Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
Galaxy, Analog, and Amazing Stories, those three periodicals – and our bathroom was piled high.
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Ben Mankiewicz,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
Heuermann is an avid ready of books and periodicals, Toulon told ABC News.
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Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
However, these publications predated the widespread use of the term magazine for periodicals.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
21 May 2026
The gala’s funds support acquisitions of garments and accessories, but also the institute’s reference library, which holds over 800 periodicals and 1,500 designer files pertaining to the history of fashion and clothing, dating back to the sixteenth century.
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Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
1 May 2026
Amazing was part of a thriving genre of periodicals that included Astounding Stories of Super-Science (later Analog Science Fiction and Fact) and Galaxy Science Fiction.
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Chris Klimek,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2026
Additionally, the agency is seeking price changes for first-class mail products, periodicals, marketing mail and package services.
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David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
Designate a place near the entryway for all mail, periodicals, and paper forms.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
13 Jan. 2026
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
Heuermann is an avid ready of books and periodicals, Toulon told ABC News.
—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
However, these publications predated the widespread use of the term magazine for periodicals.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
21 May 2026
The gala’s funds support acquisitions of garments and accessories, but also the institute’s reference library, which holds over 800 periodicals and 1,500 designer files pertaining to the history of fashion and clothing, dating back to the sixteenth century.
—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
1 May 2026
Amazing was part of a thriving genre of periodicals that included Astounding Stories of Super-Science (later Analog Science Fiction and Fact) and Galaxy Science Fiction.
—
Chris Klimek,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2026
Additionally, the agency is seeking price changes for first-class mail products, periodicals, marketing mail and package services.
—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
Designate a place near the entryway for all mail, periodicals, and paper forms.
—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
13 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for periodicals
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Meanwhile, Kapital developed medical drama Vital Signs with Tanen at ABC and Dead Letters with Unwell at Netflix with Lucy Hale attached to star and sold two other Thompson books to Peacock and Netflix.
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On summer breaks during college, Pughsley got a gig selling books door-to-door in rural Iowa.
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Growing up in Miami, he was surrounded by newspapers and television news.
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In letters published in the Nottingham newspapers, workers appealed to trade masters to stop their labor practices.
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Prosecutors, meanwhile, have alleged that Mangione meticulously planned the killing for months, documenting his thoughts in journals and traveling across the country before shooting Thompson in the back outside a business event in New York City, where neither of them lived.
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Under a subscription model, institutions and libraries that subscribe to journals cover the cost.
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Introductory access is free, and NewsGuard is lining up a variety of marketing partners, including magazines and independent bookstores, to help spur usage.
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On top of being a drone expert, James is an award-winning freelance landscape and portrait photographer and photography journalist working with some of the best photography magazines and websites with a worldwide audience.
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Its skin and organs contain a powerful neurotoxin that can cause heart failure in humans if consumed.
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The eggs hatch, burrow into the bloodstream, and then go wandering around, embedding in various tissues, muscles, and organs, including the brain.
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The first bulletins reported police and emergency vehicles swarming around a nightclub in Orlando in the predawn hours of June 12, 2016.
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Programming and Content The programming of teleSUR is mainly composed of news programs and includes news bulletins almost every hour.
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“Periodicals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/periodicals. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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