Thesaurus results for PERIODICALS

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 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 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

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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

Noun

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

Definition of newspapers

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But available information from state health departments and medical journals suggests the Florida outbreak marks the most cases in a calendar year for any state since at least the 1940s.

— Mike Stobbe, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Shimoda reveals how identities are forged through steamships crisscrossing the Pacific, formed by old family journals and photographs, and also obscured by systemic erasure.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 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

Definition of magazines

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The company added that CagriSema reduced harmful fat around abdominal organs, including in the liver and pancreas, in adults with Type 2 diabetes.

— Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
Immix Biopharma said its experimental CAR-T therapy induced complete remissions in 89% of patients with AL Amyloidosis, a rare autoimmune disorder in which toxic proteins build up in organs like the heart and kidneys.

— Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of organs

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Also on Wednesday, the BBC Sport unit told employees about plans to make redundancies and cut sports bulletins on its news channel.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026
Prospective intelligence automates the monitoring of payer bulletins, regulatory guidance and coding updates to identify what is supposed to change.

— Terry Goertz, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026

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