as in journal
a record of personal experiences, reflections, or ideas kept regularly for private use has diligently kept a diary since she was 15

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Recent Examples of diary There are hints of nuclear incident, climate collapse, AI run amok — all filtered through the narrow perspective of a survivor’s diary written in a convent where evil nuns hold sway over the worthy and unworthy alike. Vulture Editors, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025 The Grand Palais in Lille doesn’t yet fully resemble the Palais des Festivals in Cannes during a TV market, where hundreds of distributors jam their diaries with days of back-to-back 30-minute meetings. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2025 Assuming there are no more changes at Samsung’s end, April 10 is the date for your diary. David Phelan, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025 Reading Frank’s famous diary conjures in the mind, as many readers know, a visual map of the annex’s layout. David G. Allan, CNN, 27 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for diary

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“Diary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diary. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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