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 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 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
  1. books
  2. newspapers
  3. journals
  4. magazines
  5. organs
  6. bulletins
Noun
  • Lately, Klassen has brought those anthropomorphic gifts to board books, those indestructible literary objects that are larger than a cellphone and smaller than a tablet and far better than either for your child’s attention span, mood, and gums.
    — Casey Cep, New Yorker, 7 July 2026
  • Greaney also co-authored several books in the Jack Ryan series created by Tom Clancy.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
Definition of books
Noun
  • The newspapers allege the ChatGPT maker is hiding evidence important to what could be a landmark copyright infringement trial over how OpenAI and its business partner, Microsoft, built their AI technologies using millions of news articles.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
  • At first glance, the title sounds like another lament for the decline of local newspapers.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2026
Definition of newspapers
Noun
  • Then again, the paper was published in Nature, one of the world’s most authoritative and influential scientific journals.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 9 July 2026
  • In the film, Eleanor Coppola is voiced by Diane Lane, who reads passages from the late filmmaker’s journals reflecting on her time on set and her relationship with her daughter.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 8 July 2026
Definition of journals
Noun
  • Her work may be found in major magazines, newspapers, and digital publications.
    — Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • The lobby’s retro Sweet N’ Glow Salon’s color scheme is as pink as a packet of Sweet N’ Low sugar substitute, complete with beehive hair dryers, vintage magazines, and a kitschy wig collection.
    — Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Definition of magazines
Noun
  • The structures produced during the mission were experimental tissues rather than complete organs suitable for transplantation.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 11 July 2026
  • The ovary is one of the most dynamically remodeling organs in the human body.
    — Rachel Martin, Hartford Courant, 11 July 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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