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zines

noun

plural of zine

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 The indie publisher Inpatient Press is doing fascinating, form-breaking work, publishing everything from novels, reprints, zines, and games since 2013. — James Folta, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026 While radio and television have generally fallen short in memorializing the dead, there are blogs, zines, and commercial websites devoted to dying, and personal web pages and online videos have all helped democratize death. — Sam Roberts, Longreads, 11 Aug. 2026 In Athens, a walk around the Varvakios central market is a must; Hyper Hypo is a cool art and design bookshop worth the visit, whose zines line Ace’s walls. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 July 2026 While a few newsstands have found interesting items to sell for less than $10 — a Midtown newsstand is selling zines and ceramics, for example — others are flouting the law and selling everything from scarves and hats to costume jewelry. — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 22 July 2026 The 3600 block of Elm Avenue, just off The Avenue, is home to Baltimore Trinket Library, full of keychains, buttons, stickers, zines, little works of art, and more. — Mary Eber, CBS News, 14 July 2026 The walls are warm orange with a nook by the door for records, books and zines, plants above the bar and art down the back hallway. — Eva Flowe june 27, Charlotte Observer, 27 June 2026 Forging community The range of lifestyles, opinions and narratives in zines often serves as a springboard for creating community. — Rachel Schneider, The Conversation, 17 June 2026 Step into the gallery, and the Skirball’s exploration of the history of punk unfolds through photographs and posters of artists from the Sex Pistols and the Clash to Black Flag and the Bags, and magazines and zines such as Punk, Slash, Search & Destroy, and Kill Your Pets. — Peter Larsen, Daily News, 27 May 2026

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Noun

Most self-help books say anger and grudges are self-defeating — there’s that line everybody uses that holding a grudge is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

— Lane Brown, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
Numerous books written by women who fled the FLDS community provide autobiographical and critical accounts of the group.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026

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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

Definition of periodicals

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Her grandfather shows up in journals Steinbeck kept during the process of writing East of Eden.

— Allison P. Davis, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026
The new standards, which were published in each group’s respective scientific journals, are meant to prevent common issues that contribute to the sobering figure above.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of journals

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Joan Didion, the mistress of concision and a Hemingway admirer, began her career writing captions and sidebars to fit around pictures in women’s magazines.

— Louis Menand, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Liu’s mother would influence her middle son’s future art career in another important way, buying him books and magazines about art, some of which introduced him to the work of figures like Diego Rivera and Andy Warhol.

— Lavender Au, ARTnews.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of magazines

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While jellyfish, an even more remote species, have two nervous systems, the findings suggest these two organs may have slowly grown close to each other.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 24 Sep. 2026
This implies that our own hindbrain is already represented by an exclusive lineage of cells distinct from the forebrain and midbrain just three weeks after conception, roughly when other major organs like the heart are distinguishing themselves.

— Mike McRae September 21, New Atlas, 22 Sep. 2026

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