as in books
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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The Legislature’s independent fiscal analysts have also raised concerns that the state’s books remain vulnerable to the specter of a deep drop-off in the stock market.
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Barrett and Jackson each reported the most extensive travel of court justices promoting their books in 2025.
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Bay Area News Group competed in Division 1, the contest’s category for California’s largest newspapers.
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Mentions of her appeared in major newspapers during her career.
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It was widely observed and discussed in journals of the era and later became part of Revolutionary War Lore.
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This was so common that most American brewing journals were printed in both English and German until the start of World War I in 1914.
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The state tightened its restrictions after the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, when a gunman armed with an AR-15-style rifle and large-capacity magazines killed 26 children and teachers.
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Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude.
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The light is produced by specialized organs beneath the abdomen that take in oxygen.
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Once hatched, the larvae burrow into the host and feed on its internal organs.
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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 6 Jul. 2026.
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