as in books
a publication that appears at regular intervals
a small cadre of students have taken to producing their own underground zine in order to satirize many of the university's most sacred cows
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Recent Examples of zines
After everyone took their seats (or crowded in the back), complementary zines in hand, Head of Editorial Content Mano Sundaresan interviewed Oklou on stage to the crowd of 150 people.
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Pitchfork, 17 Oct. 2025
The magazines were mostly old horror-movie fan zines (which would quickly dissolve into a pulpy pile due to a humidifier accident), movies like The Money Pit and Short Circuit.
—Adam Verner
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Pitchfork, 17 Oct. 2025
The magazines were mostly old horror-movie fan zines (which would quickly dissolve into a pulpy pile due to a humidifier accident), movies like The Money Pit and Short Circuit.
—Adam Verner
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zines
Noun
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As a childless person who doesn’t teach I’ve been happily unaware that, due to standardized testing requirements that favor close reads of excerpts over whole books, there’s an entire generation of students who have very little contextual framework for the literature they’re being taught in school.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Simply Winnie will debut June 2, 2026 and is available now for preorder, wherever books are sold.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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News of Dye’s effort circulated widely within the conservative movement press, including in the periodicals Human Events and Liberty Lobby, as well as hyper-local conservative newspapers like the Birmingham Independent in Alabama.—
Time,
Time,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Eventually, scientists’ misgivings, expressed largely in academic journals and to journalists, erupted into outright dissent.—
Sophie Yeo,
The Dial,
4 Nov. 2025
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When the film was being conceived, says Viduleja, the discovery of the director’s personal journals was a breakthrough moment.—
Will Tizard,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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And it will be felt when New Yorkers open their newspapers in the morning and read headlines of success, not scandal.—
TIME Video,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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The whole package—the coffee, cigarettes, suits, newspapers—surely a legacy of his youth in Vienna.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Shaq accepted the Junior Bridgeman Entrepreneur of the Year Award from sports agent and Klutch Sports Group founder Rich Paul, named in honor of the former basketball player who, in 2020, acquired Ebony and Jet magazines.—
Brande Victorian,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
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Tens of thousands of callous-handed firefighters and tender veterinarians each year are snubbed in favor of bankable Hollywood stars that, coincidentally, tend to bring attention to suffering magazines.—
Choire Sicha,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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This activation will eventually lead to the development of male reproductive organs.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
2 Nov. 2025
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Well, that’s not going to happen…but there is a company that is taking organs and using partial reprogramming to rejuvenate them.—
Dominique Mosbergen,
Time,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Zines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zines. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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