periodicals

noun

plural of periodical
as in books
a publication that appears at regular intervals subscribed to three new periodicals

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Recent Examples of periodicals It is anticipated that all IEEE periodicals will be included in the Integrity Hub screening by the end of this year. — IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2026 City law still requires newsstands to sell periodicals, but few bother for obvious reasons. — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 22 July 2026 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. — 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. — 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for periodicals
  1. books
  2. newspapers
  3. journals
  4. magazines
  5. organs
  6. bulletins
Noun
  • The Colorado Rockies’ history books are littered with elite offensive names and gaudy statistics.
    — Sam Blum, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • The Poet’s Vault adds another layer to the experience, offering customers a selection of new and vintage vinyl records and books.
    — Evan Moore July 22, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026
Definition of books
Noun
  • On the property now is the historic Western Newspaper Union Building, which was built in 1900 and supplied newspapers around the country with print content.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
  • Investigations in the Financial Times and The Times newspapers first revealed the FFE plan, which comes on the back of the recent World Cup.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 July 2026
Definition of newspapers
Noun
  • Back then, the ADA appeared genuinely committed to defending itself and the editorial integrity of another of its journals, Diabetes, which had been named in a defamation suit two years earlier by a researcher in São Paulo named Mario Saad.
    — Ivan Oransky, STAT, 31 July 2026
  • European and North American agricultural journals hailed guano as a miraculous remedy for exhausted soils.
    — Edward D. Melillo, Fortune, 27 July 2026
Definition of journals
Noun
  • For decades, media meant whatever television stations, newspapers, magazines, or radio producers decided to show us.
    — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Digital was quicker and cheaper, so magazines eventually started requiring it.
    — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 21 July 2026
Definition of magazines
Noun
  • Originally famed for the company’s organs that swelled Detroit theaters and churches, the situation became perilous after Wurlitzer and the remaining tenants all left by 1982.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Visceral fat is packed deep in the abdomen around and between the organs, manifesting as a higher waist circumference.
    — Crystal Gwizdala, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of organs
Noun
  • Sky will also have to commission a proportion of programmes made outside London, and honour the contract for ITN’s news bulletins for ITV until 2031.
    — Will Barker, TheWeek, 6 July 2026
  • The first bulletins reported police and emergency vehicles swarming around a nightclub in Orlando in the predawn hours of June 12, 2016.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2026
Definition of bulletins

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