: magazine
especially
: a noncommercial often homemade or online publication usually devoted to specialized and often unconventional subject matter
a feminist zine
Examples of zine in a Sentence
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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Turnstile were in New York for the launch of Pitchfork’s new zine featuring the group.
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Pitchfork, 6 June 2025
One surprising element: engrossing display cases with zines and memorabilia of daily life during the fraught era of Rodney King and the AIDS epidemic.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
What started as a bowling night (at Santa Monica’s now-defunct Bay Shore Lanes) for local bands, labels and zines eventually grew to a weekend of partying in Las Vegas for the Sterns’ punk rock friends all over the region.
—Josh Chesler, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
Perfect for modern farmhouse dwellers and cottagecore fanatics, this piece would be a thoughtful addition to the kitchen—use the hooks to organize aprons, oven mitts, dish towels, while housing your most compact cookbooks or zines on the top shelf.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2025
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Pitchfork, 6 June 2025
One surprising element: engrossing display cases with zines and memorabilia of daily life during the fraught era of Rodney King and the AIDS epidemic.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
What started as a bowling night (at Santa Monica’s now-defunct Bay Shore Lanes) for local bands, labels and zines eventually grew to a weekend of partying in Las Vegas for the Sterns’ punk rock friends all over the region.
—Josh Chesler, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
Perfect for modern farmhouse dwellers and cottagecore fanatics, this piece would be a thoughtful addition to the kitchen—use the hooks to organize aprons, oven mitts, dish towels, while housing your most compact cookbooks or zines on the top shelf.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for zine
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“Zine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zine. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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