as in newspapers
an publication that is issued once every week
enjoyed the fishing reports in the outdoor club's weekly
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Recent Examples of weeklies
While major alt-weeklies such as the Village Voice (which became part of Westword’s parent company during some consolidation in the industry) and smaller papers have closed in recent years, Westword has found a way to hang on in both print and online.
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John Wenzel, Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2026
The original ownership group sold the Reader in 2007 to Creative Loafing, a small chain of alternative weeklies based in Atlanta.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Susan Orlean’s memoir promises insight not only into her start at alt-weeklies, her journalism, and her brilliant narrative nonfiction works, but also provides a blueprint for how to live a creative life.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
John Wenzel, Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2026
The original ownership group sold the Reader in 2007 to Creative Loafing, a small chain of alternative weeklies based in Atlanta.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Susan Orlean’s memoir promises insight not only into her start at alt-weeklies, her journalism, and her brilliant narrative nonfiction works, but also provides a blueprint for how to live a creative life.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weeklies
Noun
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Astrologer Magi Helena's Your Daily Astrology column is syndicated to hundreds of newspapers worldwide, with a daily readership in the millions.—
Magi Helena,
Dallas Morning News,
29 Mar. 2026
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The art, likely not Franklin's own, was reprinted in newspapers throughout the colonies, one of the first instances in which the separate British colonies began to think of themselves as a somewhat unified entity.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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According to the First Judicial District Attorney's Office, journals later found in the Jeep that Little was driving indicate the suspect was suicidal and homicidal.—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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The events of that day are now detailed in a pair of studies, published in the journals Science and Scientific Reports.—
Nathan Rott,
NPR,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Users can now upload images as inspiration, for example, images from magazines, blogs, or sites like Pinterest, and get suggestions for similar items.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
28 Mar. 2026
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Such engravings, which depict the wackily maximalist style à la mode, including oodles of feathers and furbelows, were, in essence, early precursors to modern fashion magazines.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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No individual could write that many books.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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One law created new oversight, requiring oil companies to open their books and giving regulators more visibility into refinery profits and operations.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Within two days, the Moy-Chin nuptials became national news, the sort of story that editors of small-town papers liked to pluck out of the big-city dailies and run alongside items about the oldest living person or the length of the Nile River.—
Charlotte Brooks,
Big Think,
13 Mar. 2026
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The actors watched each others’ dailies and McEwen would sometimes sneak on set to watch Kidman in action.—
Emily Zemler,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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Designate a place near the entryway for all mail, periodicals, and paper forms.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
13 Jan. 2026
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His houses were featured in such prominent periodicals as Life magazine in the 1950s and Vogue in 1972.—
Edward Keegan,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Weeklies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weeklies. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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