weeklies

noun

plural of weekly
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 Some of these digital pamphlets provide terse, functional updates while others act as the successors to bygone alt-weeklies, covering cultural happenings and carrying out local-interest investigations. — Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 14 May 2026 The Southern California News Group is made up of 11 daily news publications and several weeklies throughout Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. — Michele Cardon, Daily News, 13 Apr. 2026 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. — 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
  1. newspapers
  2. journals
  3. magazines
  4. books
  5. dailies
  6. periodicals
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
  • In addition to acting, Beaumont wrote screenplays, radio scripts, and short stories for magazines.
    — Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Aug. 2026
  • When the Almaden Barnes & Noble closed last year after 26 years there was an emotional reaction from the community about a place to browse for books, magazines, puzzles and even grab a cup of coffee.
    — Pueng Vongs, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of magazines
Noun
  • Beyond its emotional weight, the film carries a powerful, timely message—a tribute to great mentors, the value of reading, and the importance of education at a moment when books are being banned and learning is under attack.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Parents should think carefully about whether a child really needs to carry both books and a laptop every day, said mom Alix Fetch, a spokesperson for the parents group.
    — Cheyanne Mumphrey, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of books
Noun
  • The company’s tools allow filmmakers to build an AI model using production dailies to help enhance post-production work such as mixing, relighting shots and adding visual effects, forgoing typical visual generative efforts.
    — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 17 July 2026
  • The Sixteen camera merges the analog appeal of film with the instant digital playback of video, giving the filmmaker free rein to shoot with creativity while ensuring producers and editors will have immediate access to the digital images as dailies, for backup and quick editing.
    — Shirl Leigh June 15, New Atlas, 15 June 2026
Definition of dailies
Noun
  • It is anticipated that all IEEE periodicals will be included in the Integrity Hub screening by the end of this year.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 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
Definition of periodicals

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